🚀 go-pugleaf

      I think that people have missed mentioning one of the more
   obvious reasons for having EVA suit's on this mission. They
   are recovering the LDEF and this could very well require at
   least one astronaut to make sure the LDEF is properly 
   positioned in its cradle.
 
      Since there seems to be no one from my school posting here,
   I will post the following:
      For people who have followed the space program for a long time,
   the name George M. Low should be familiar. He headed the Apollo
   project and worked elsewhere in NASA. After that he left NASA
   and became the 14th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic 
   Institute. He remained at this post until his death in 1984.
   (A year before I got here unfortunately. He was well liked.) 
   Anyway, to make a long story short, his son is a mission
   specialist on the upcoming flight. Among the items he is 
   carrying, is a chip created here at RPI. The computer chip
   contains the name of students, faculty, noted alumns, and a few
   others. So, as for this mission, it will mean even more to me
   knowing that *I* may not get up there, but at least my name will
   make it!