Save My Spot (JSC135 Tweetup – Part 5)
"What? Astro Ron needs a number? What is she talking about?" The light rain was becoming heavier and I was starting to become distracted in my driving so I put the phone back in the cup holder, "Sorry Shannon, it'll have to wait. I have to get to the Tweetup first before I can figure out what this is about."
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Sitting in the cockpit of this simulator would be identical to being in the cockpit of the real shuttle - the motion based simulator even tilts up 90 degrees to put you on your back for launch. Since STS-135 was now in orbit and the last shuttle mission to fly, this simulator was going to be decommissioned only a few days after the JSC Tweetup. To me, this was the closest I was ever going to get to being an astronaut, so I felt like it was a now or never opportunity.
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