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- From: forrepr@eng.auburn.edu (Philip R. Forrest)
- Subject: Story Musgrave is Buckaroo Banzai
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.181601.29450@news.duc.auburn.edu>
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- Organization: Auburn University Engineering
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:16:01 GMT
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- In article 4033@phred.UUCP, petej@phred.UUCP (Peter Jarvis) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov12.232654.4613@news.duc.auburn.edu> forrepr@eng.auburn.edu writes:
- >>
- >>I believe there is a Shuttle Flight manifested for late next year that
- >>will visit the Hububle (uh, I mean Hubble) telescope. From what I've
- >>heard, the chances of success are pretty good. The defect in the scope's
- >>mirror is said to be 'perfect', so I *think* they'll just have to replace
- >>the main CCD camera with one of a different focal length.
- >>
- >D
- >You are correct. They currently have a mockup of Hubble in the neutral
- >buoyancy water tank at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Al.
- >Story Musgrave and Tom Akers are currently in the tank working on repair
- >procedures.
- >
- >Peter Jarvis..........
- >
-
- I am of the opinion that Story Musgrave is as close to a
- real life Buckaroo Banzai as anybody's gonna get.
-
- Here's what I understand his qualifications to be:
- PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong:
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- Orthopedic Surgeon
- Astronaut
- Musician
- Graduate Degree in Literature
- Looks like Yul Brenner (sp?) and 'Mr. Clean'
-
- But, I'm still not impressed...he hasn't had a #1 single
- yet !! ;)
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- Phil Forrest - Ascent FDO wanna be
- Auburn University Mechanical Engineering
- Auburn, AL
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