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Craig E. Ward (cward@netcom.com), OASIS (Organization for the 
Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement, The Greater
Los Angeles Chapter of the National Space Society  and  Rockwell
Space Systems Division wrote:

: This month, the U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis will dock to the Russian Mir
: Space Station, heralding a new era of US/Russian cooperation in space. 
: US Astronaut Norman Thagard and the Russian Mir crew will end their stay
: aboard the Mir Station, returning to Earth aboard the Space Shuttle. 
:
: To celebrate this occasion, OASIS and Rockwell will hold a public event
: on this mission and future joint space activities.  The event will feature
: a LIVE video feed from the Shuttle and Mir and include guest speakers
: discussing the mission, life aboard Mir, and future US/Russian cooperative
: efforts.
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   Let's just hope they don't forget the keys,       A Joke:
   blow up in technicolour or revive the mighty      Q: How many
   cold war when Norm spills the beans about life    Astronauts
   with Ivan. The Dark Empire smooches with Rocky    does it take
   IX's Amerika. Life is *truely* strange.           to change
                                                     the proverbial
   Bob "Comrade Bob To You Pardner" Allisat          lightbulb

   A: Fifteen to do it in simulation a hundred times before seven
   "mission specialists" in Houston guide one sweating mono-maniac
   floating in sweat somewhere in Coco Beach shakely places the bulb
   in socket, reminded for the umpteenth times *exactly* how many 
   turns are required for optimal setting and performance.