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."
Read MoreHouston, I Have a Problem (JSC135 Tweetup – Part 3)
Ok, I'm already touching a sleeping stranger on an airport bench, but it looks like I was going to have to take it up a notch to get her awake. I couldn't abandon her, so I looked around seeing we were alone and placed a hand on each of her shoulders, gave her a careful, but firm shake and in my best Jerry Lewis voice yelled, "HEY LAAADY!"
Read MoreGo For It! (JSC135 Tweetup – Part 1)
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.
Read MoreThe Color Coated Shuttle Mission (#sctweetup – Part 5)
After a few more minutes and stripped of our extra layer of EVA gear, Jessica and I crawled back up the tunnel and through the cabin hatch. We were still unaware of the fact that technically, we were dead.
Read MoreNeeds More Bouncy Chair (#sctweetup – Part 4)
I made it to the end of the tunnel which put me in a small, dark, closet-like room. I looked back through the tunnel to let my instructor know I made it through ok, but instead saw the hatch close and heard the latch click to the locked position. On all fours I looked back up the dark tunnel, "They locked me out!"
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