STS-125 in October. And it's a NIGHT LAUNCH - 1:25 AM is the launch time!

Words cannot express how incredibly GEEKED I am right now!!!!!

(Hopefully, exclamation points will!)

Are you going to be on the space shuttle?

morningsong said:

LOL, no. One of my friends is, though! This dude is COOL:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/B...simin.html

Mach said:

I REFUSE to voluntarily listen to "Rocket Man" but thanks for the thought!

RodeoSchro said:

I seriously thought you were going. But it's cool you're going to the launch. So does that mean you're in the control room or something? Details!

Good luck to your friend.

morningsong said:

Mike thanks you for your well wishes!

Thanks, but no, I will not be in the control room. I actually thought about applying to be an astronaut this year, but I don't have the requisite mathematics degree, and I doubt I'd be any good, any way.

But I just got invited to ANOTHER launch - STS-126, in November. I'm going to that one, too. And it has TWO friends on it:

Shane Kimbrough (the Mission Specialist, and one of only 19 Army astronauts. Also, he's the one that invited me):

http://www.nasa.gov/visio...rough.html

And Chris Ferguson, the Commander (another friend, and his son and my son are buddies):

http://www.space.com/miss...guson.html

There are not enough exclamation points to express my stoked-ness!!!!

RodeoSchro said: