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Article #3760Story Musgrave is Buckaroo Banzai
From: Philip R. Forrest
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:16
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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Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!news.duc.auburn.edu!lab3!forrepr From: forrepr@eng.auburn.edu (Philip R. Forrest) Subject: Story Musgrave is Buckaroo Banzai Message-ID: <1992Nov19.181601.29450@news.duc.auburn.edu> Sender: usenet@news.duc.auburn.edu (News Account) Nntp-Posting-Host: lab3.eng.auburn.edu Reply-To: forrepr@eng.auburn.edu Organization: Auburn University Engineering References: <4033@phred.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:16:01 GMT Lines: 39