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Story Musgrave is Buckaroo Banzai

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From: Philip R. Forrest
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:16
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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:

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 !! ;)

---
Phil Forrest - Ascent FDO wanna be
Auburn University Mechanical Engineering
Auburn, AL
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