[TriLUG] OT: shuttle launch & need C-Band digital satellite downlink

[Rick DeNatale]

On 6/29/06, David McDowell <turnpike420 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Speaking of John Glenn, my only watched launch was STS-95, his return
> to space on Discovery... I had a NASA Causeway pass... :) :) :)  I
> video-taped it, something I have yet to capture to a usable computer
> format, but I tell ya, I did a crappy job filming since I really
> wanted to see it with my own eyes (directly and not through the lens).
>  I hear the night launches are spectacular!  :)

Y'all might have noticed that my sig includes the url to a web site I
run on Project Mercury which is a particular interest of mine,
something about being a lad of 10 or so at the time.

<brag>
In the course of doing my research on Mercury I've developed e-mail
friendships with some folks close to the program. One of them is Kris
Stoever, Scott Carpenter's daughter, and the co-author of his
autobiography.

I got an email from Kris last week just before I went into the
hospital wished me godspeed on my recovery.  I replied saying that
getting 'godspeed' from a Carpenter made me feel like that John Glenn
fellow.
</brag>

-- 
Rick DeNatale

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