Firefly Breaking Atmo on STS-117?

POSTED BY: cljohnston108
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CLJOHNSTON108

Tuesday, October 3, 2006 10:37 AM

Dunno if this's already been posted (I get an error when I try to look at the Archived threads), but as I was listening to Firefly Talk #38, Eric reported that one of the astronauts on the next Shuttle mission is gonna be taking up the Firefly DVDs!
http://www.fireflytalk.com/

Firefly/serenity Breaking Atmo 2/22/07 On Sts-117 - The Serenity Browncoats
http://tinyurl.com/nw2ou

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, October 3, 2006 11:30 AM

Shiny!

Guess our cast and ship really are headed out to the black.

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MAIII

Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:38 PM

just ran into our intrepid Browncoat astronaut, items are still packed and ready to go. new launch date is June 8th and he is aware everyone is wishing him well and waiting for photos.

LEADB

Saturday, April 14, 2007 1:50 PM

Thanks for the update Maiii. Gonna be hard to wait, but safety first!

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ZZETTA13

Saturday, April 14, 2007 1:57 PM

"Shuttle one this is Houston do we have a copy? Shuttle one you guys reading?"

Astronaut " Houston hold on a sec, We just found out Jaynes the hero of canton! And yep we have a copy. We wouldn't a left the pad without our copy of FF."

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STEAMER

Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:11 PM

Hah! Well done, good and faithful Browncoats!

I do hope they're not planning to watch OoG while they're up there. Could bode ill.

Zoe fought till
War was through
Fights with hubby
Sometimes, too
FIREFLY

OUT2THEBLACK

Sunday, April 15, 2007 6:28 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by maiii:
just ran into our intrepid Browncoat astronaut, items are still packed and ready to go. new launch date is June 8th and he is aware everyone is wishing him well and waiting for photos.

All the Browncoats ride with him...

Godspeed ,

to All crew members STS-117 ! Please pass along

our regards , highest hopes and best wishes !

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CLJOHNSTON108

Wednesday, May 9, 2007 9:08 PM

I'm in the process of reading the interviews & biographies of all the crewmembers, to try to guess who our mysterious benefactor is, based on who "sounds" most like a Browncoat!

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/index
.html

Anybody care to make a friendly wager?

EDIT: I know it's not Clay Anderson, because the Mysterynaut said, "I’ll take them with me and see if the ISS crew wants them, if not I’ll bring them back (after taking a few pictures with them) and give them to you," and Clay is gonna be staying up there.

But Clay seems to have a great sense of humor, so I think he's gonna take to Firefly the strongest!

MAIII

Friday, May 11, 2007 3:08 AM

plus Clay was added to the mission only a few weeks ago. now hopefully his added stowage doesn't bump our secret cargo off the flight.

CLJOHNSTON108

Friday, May 11, 2007 1:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by maiii:
plus Clay was added to the mission only a few weeks ago.

Yeah, there's that, too. Forgot to mention it.

ZOID

Friday, May 11, 2007 2:54 PM

...I understand that F*X is planning on covering the upcoming shuttle launch, live and in color. And in honor of the fact that a copy of "Firefly, The Entire Series" is being carried into the final frontier aboard the shuttle, they will cut away to a repeat episode of "24" before the solid boosters separate...

Sardonically,

zoid

P.S.
Can anybody recommend a particularly nasty disease to wish upon the PTBs at F*X? I've already got the ju-ju dolls and other talismans...
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FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, May 12, 2007 7:50 AM

I think this is the best news I've heard since we got the announcement of the BDSE!

CLJOHNSTON108

Saturday, May 12, 2007 4:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by maiii:
plus Clay was added to the mission only a few weeks ago. now hopefully his added stowage doesn't bump our secret cargo off the flight.

Maybe our benefactor should convert Clay?

Then he'll be "in on it", and won't let our secret cargo get bumped!

CAPTAINCOUPI

Saturday, May 12, 2007 6:17 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:

P.S.
Can anybody recommend a particularly nasty disease to wish upon the PTBs at F*X? I've already got the ju-ju dolls and other talismans...

Canton Clap. I hear it really....stinks.

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MAIII

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Quote:
Originally posted by maiii:
plus Clay was added to the mission only a few weeks ago. now hopefully his added stowage doesn't bump our secret cargo off the flight.

Maybe our benefactor should convert Clay?
Then he'll be "in on it", and won't let our secret cargo get bumped!

no worries, Clay's underwear is not going to bump our special cargo :)

the vehicle is rolling out to the pad as we speak and everything is still looking good for 6/8 launch.

MAIII

Friday, June 1, 2007 1:36 PM

just a quick heads up, we are still looking good for launch next friday (7:33 pm EDT).

FOLLOWMAL

Friday, June 1, 2007 1:40 PM

WOOT! I am so excited by this!

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CAPTAINCOUPI

Friday, June 1, 2007 5:51 PM

Has it been confirmed that the goods are still part of the cargo?

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MAIII

Friday, June 1, 2007 7:18 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by CaptainCoupi:
Has it been confirmed that the goods are still part of the cargo?

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http://www.bigdamnthankyou.com/

yeah when I talked with him a few weeks ago about the song out2theblack is working on he said they were secure and nothing was going to kick them off.

THEONETRUEBIX

Friday, June 1, 2007 7:22 PM

FYI, sorry for the delay in the website about this I'm putting up. Things got swamped, and now I'm going to have to put it up today or tomorrow without having found hosting for it (which means my server at home better not melt under the load, because I can't have my charity Serenity screenings site get knocked offline).

THEONETRUEBIX

Friday, June 1, 2007 8:46 PM

I have hosting. Will be working on getting the site up tonight.

CAPTAINCOUPI

Saturday, June 2, 2007 6:19 PM

www.breakingatmo.com

Very Shiny Bix! I love it.

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FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, June 2, 2007 6:47 PM

Bix it's beautiful!

I'm so excited by this and so grateful you have a site I can steer folks to to know about it!

Thank you for a job well done!

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REDHEAD

Saturday, June 2, 2007 7:00 PM

This is a great site to point out to fans who are not active online. The people I've shown it to this morning are very interested in the story and are looking forward to launch.

Nice!

FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, June 2, 2007 7:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by maiii:
yeah when I talked with him a few weeks ago about the song out2theblack is working on he said they were secure and nothing was going to kick them off.

Maiii,

Thank you for your hard work, your dedication and your keeping us all up to date on what's happening!

Between you and Bix... I'm bursting with pride and writing all my family and friends and telling them!

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CAPTAINCOUPI

Saturday, June 2, 2007 11:12 PM

OK just spent an hour sending the link and an explanation to various friends and news services. I'll probably get ignored but it might catch an eye.

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FOLLOWMAL

Sunday, June 3, 2007 2:20 PM

CaptainCoupi,

I think I'll try my local paper. The editor is a friend of mine and he likes stories about the "little guy". He may like to run this for next week.

Is that permissible? I'm assuming news outlets include your local ones too?

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CAPTAINCOUPI

Sunday, June 3, 2007 2:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:
Is that permissible?

Permissible? FM, I defer to you in all matters FireFly. You've been doing this longer than I have and I'm very proud that you have been and that I get to chip in once in a while.

Shiny that you've got a contact in the press.

The local press exactly where I am here in Southampton UK are'nt great regarding this kind of stuff, but.... I'm contacting the local papers where they are having Can't Stop the Serenity showings, which is Manchester, Oxford, Edinburgh and London. I've also shot a few emails to the sciFi channels here and in the US, to Aint it cool news and the BBC given their recent coverage of the SciFi poll. Also as SciFi magazine appear to have already run a little column about CSTS.

http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=browncoats_united

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CAPTAINCOUPI

Sunday, June 3, 2007 11:15 PM

Bumped 5 Days 22 Mins till liftoff.

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CLJOHNSTON108

Tuesday, June 5, 2007 2:02 PM

As if NASA didn't have enough troubles...

Shuttle workers vote to strike - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/06/04/shuttle.strike.ap/

O' their 'creasingly eerie-ass year!

NASA focused on launch despite weird year - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/06/04/space.shuttle.ap/index.html

DARKFLY

Tuesday, June 5, 2007 2:15 PM

When the BBC news talk about the shuttle launch I'm totally going to email them about Firefly going up since they are so boring all they talk about is how many times each crew member has been to space, the crew is made up of ??% female,the history of the space shuttle Alantis, be more interesting to vieweres to know that Firefly is going up instead of the usual bullshit facts.

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CLJOHNSTON108

Tuesday, June 5, 2007 2:46 PM

I got to see Atlantis up close back in '98 when she was at Plant 42 for Major Modification!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_42
That tour was the pinnacle of my Space Geek career!

Here are some links to help y'all follow the action...

Kennedy Space Center Video Feeds
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/video/

Spaceflight Now | STS-117 Shuttle Report
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts117/

Spaceflight Now | STS-117 Mission Status Center
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts117/status.html

STS-117 Shuttle Mission Imagery | Photo Index 1
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-117/ndxpage1.ht
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FOLLOWMAL

Tuesday, June 5, 2007 5:09 PM

Thank you, thank you, Cljohnston108!

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MAIII

Tuesday, June 5, 2007 9:04 PM

we had a meeting today to review some items for the L-2 MMT tomorrow and I asked about the union strike issue and everyone seemed confident it would be no impact to the launch. there are enough non union folks that can perform the STS-118 preparations so it should no be an impact to LON requirements for STS-117. weather is 70% go for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

and for out2theblack I am setup to be able to email the shuttle with the song once you complete it. the file has to be less than 0.5MB though - ancient shuttle uplink capacity)

for those with digg accounts let the digging begin.

http://digg.com/television/Breaking_Atmo_Serenity_Firefly_to_go_up_in_
the_next_space_shuttle_mission

FOLLOWMAL

Tuesday, June 5, 2007 9:56 PM

dugg it.

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CAPTAINCOUPI

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 12:05 AM

Hot Diggety. I Dugg it.

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CAPTAINCOUPI

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 6:06 PM

OK, I'm a very bad artist and I have trouble with things like photoshop, so this took me an hour.

I made a little amendment to the mission patch. Hope you like it.

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MAIII

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 7:46 PM

just had our L-2 MMT. all systems looking good, though weather this afternoon at the Cape could delay PRSD loading (Fuel cell H2 and O2). weather for friday is still holding at 70% chance for GO. Saturday and Sunday it drops to 60% chance for GO.

REDHEAD

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 7:47 PM

I dug it and I posted about it on http://www.newsoftheverse.net

What a striking site you have b!x

THEONETRUEBIX

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 7:50 PM

http://www.breakingatmo.com/status/2007/06/the-countdown-begins

MAIII

Friday, June 8, 2007 2:30 PM

Launch countdown is looking good. they are filling the external tank now. weather is looking real good for tonight.

I uploaded some photos from last night after they retracted the Remote Servicing Structure (RSS). everything is still looking good for launch.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=ekhorlf.24ok35ob&x=0&y=-bjbomd

CLJOHNSTON108

Friday, June 8, 2007 8:35 PM

Love your new version of the patch, Captain!
I fixed the U in Sturckow, if you want me to email it to you.

SIGMANUNKI

Friday, June 8, 2007 11:56 PM

Well, she's up

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"We don't fear the reaper"

MAIII

Saturday, June 9, 2007 12:52 AM

I uplinked some ascent photos including a picture of our intrepid Browncoat (Steve "Swanny" Swanson).

MISSBEHAVE

Saturday, June 9, 2007 1:59 AM

For some reason, the thought of FF and BDM actually being in the black gets me all emotional and a teeny bit misty-eyed.
If they do manage to play the Ballad of Serenity on the mission as a morning wake up call, I'll probably just go ahead and cry. :)

"I aim to MISSBEHAVE."

CLJOHNSTON108

Saturday, June 9, 2007 12:55 PM

CAPTAINCOUPI

Saturday, June 9, 2007 1:52 PM

Hey, we got a mention on Space.com. Few stories down.

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts117_specialreport_archive.html

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CLJOHNSTON108

Saturday, June 9, 2007 2:18 PM

Awwww, don't be modest, Cap!

http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2007/06/07/board-game-sci-fi-to-ride-
shuttle-atlantis-to-iss/

Quote:
Board Game, Sci-Fi to Ride Shuttle Atlantis to ISS
Author Tariq Malik

Seven U.S. astronauts and new girders and solar arrays are not the only riders for NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis set to launch late Friday.

Tokens for the family board game Monopoly and the science fiction film Serenity (not to mention its television show root Firefly) will catch a ride to the ISS aboard Atlantis during NASA’s STS-117 mission when it rockets spaceward at 7:38 p.m. EDT tomorrow night.

The Monopoly tokens are the little mover pieces for the Hasbro game’s Here & Now edition, which just happens to have NASA’s Johnson Space Center — the Houston training site for U.S. astronauts — as an available, according to the folks at Hasbro. Tucked away inside the 100-ton Atlantis are tiny versions of the Toyota Prius, New Balance Shoe, Labradoodle, Motorola Razr cell phone, Laptop Computer, McDonald’s French Fries and an airplane that serve as player pieces for the game, they added.

Whedon’s Serenity and Firefly, certainly a favorite for this space reporter, are apparently being carried in DVD form to take a permanent place on the ISS by an Atlantis crewmember.

For those of you under a sci-fi rock, Serenity is the name of the beloved Firefly spaceship helmed by Capt. Malcolm Reynolds.

Fans (called Browncoats) apparently gave the DVDs to the STS-117 astronaut in question and are tracking the sci-fi film/series’ launch at: http://www.breakingatmo.com/, where you’ll find an oh-so-cool image of Serenity flying past the ISS. Shiny!

Thanks to CaptainCoupi, whoever you are, out there for sending this bit along.

If Monopoly and Serenity aren’t enough for you, don’t worry. The space memorabilia experts over at collectSPACE.com will have a full workup on the personal effects to be carried spaceward by the STS-117 during their 11-day mission.

NASA’s STS-117 crew will deliver new trusses and solar arrays to the space station, as well a new crewmember. You can follow SPACE.com’s mission coverage here.

CAPTAINCOUPI

Saturday, June 9, 2007 4:24 PM

O....K....

I didn't get that far down the story I was so in a hurry to get it posted that we got a mention.

I have a strange proud but nauseous feeling.

I suppose the best thing I can say is, Shiny!

Edit: Made sure I've sent a Big Damn Thank You to Tariq at Space.com who wrote that for us.

Edit2: .... and e-mailed the link to Tariq's page to a few places.

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MAIII

Monday, June 11, 2007 2:48 PM

Good morning space fans,
Swanny has been busy this first two days so I havent gotten an emails yet. they do have a 2 hour crew off time tomorrow, so who knows maybe they will watch an episode or two :)

Yesterday saw a beautiful docking with the Space Station ( I am still pulling photos from the database). Today is the First of 4 Spacewalks. They will install the S3/S4 Truss segement today which is the big solar array on the starboard side of the ISS. They wont deploy the solar array wings until tomorrow.

The Mission Management team and the rest of Mission Control is still thinking about what to do with the bent blanket on the Left OMS (Orbital Manuvering System) Pod. The thermal blanket was torn loose and bent upwards due to aerodynamic loads during launch. The concern with this blanket is what amount of increased heating it will cause in the area during entry heating. If the blanket rips off during the lower portion under aero loads it is not a debris concern. The team is working options for tucking the blanket back down since it does have some memory for staying flat. If it is flat during entry heating it should not be an issue, but if it is bent up the disturbance to the plasma flow could cause damage to the underlying OMS Pod structure by causing a stagnation point and a hole that heat can get into, but not out of. In the past we have seen lost blankets and tiles that did cause survivable damage to the OMS pod. So the question the team is working is the extent of localized damage and if there is a concern for entry.

The team is also continuing to review ascent data (RADAR, WBS Tracking Planes, SRB Video, Ground Cameras) as well as the flight day 2 inspection data and so far there is no indication of areas for concern.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=ekhorlf.24ok35ob&x=0&y=-bjbomd

MAIII

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:08 PM

the mission continues to go well as the team works through the blanket repair options for procedures/tools and which EVA to perform the work on should be decided by the mission management team today. Swanny and Forrester are going for a spacewalk later today to continue work on the newly installed Truss and Solar Array Segment. Airlock egress is ~2 pm EDT.

MAIII

Thursday, June 14, 2007 9:38 PM

Well the last 36 hours has been pretty interesting. The team has converged on a plan to repair the L OMS Pod Blanket on the EVA tomorrow. Just as we started to break through clouds and reach the top of the mountain the clouds parted and showed an even bigger mountain looming in the distance called Russian computers. Short story is all three Russian computers are down and have not been able to be recovered for any length of time. What this means to the shuttle is that we can not leave until this problem is fixed. Any active attitude control(firing jets) for the ISS goes through the russian computers, the current stable control mode of momentum management is controlled by the US segment and working fine as long as we don’t perturb the system to much (think of it as balancing a marble on the top of and upside down bowl). So we are looking to do what we can to extend the time the shuttle can stay docked, by conserving power and propellant. If needed looks like we could extend the docked mission by another day. If this problem can not be solved by the time we have to undock then the ISS crew might have to abandon ship because it is highly unlikely that momentum management without russian thrusters could handle the disturbance of undocking.

Anyway the mission timeline proceeds nominally while the team works through the issues. Tomorrow is EVA3 with blanket repair first thing then solar array retraction troublehooting after that. I updated the link with photos from EVA2.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=ekhorlf.24ok35ob&x=0&y=-bjbomd

REAVERINA1985RIVIERA

Saturday, June 16, 2007 9:03 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Steamer:

I do hope they're not planning to watch OoG while they're up there. Could bode ill.

To paraphrase Captain Reynolds: "Steamer's a Reader. Might see trouble 'afore it's comin'.

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How many Jaynes does it take to change a light bulb?

Two. One to try to put it in and another to find a bigger hammer.

FILLYGIRL

Saturday, June 16, 2007 11:10 AM

Well, this mission looks just like one of Fireflys. Even when something goes wrong, Mal(Swany)in this case, just keeps on keeping on. Hang in there guys, I know this is not fun or what was on the schedule, but you're learning how to survive in space. I'm sure NASA and the crew have learned some very valuable lessons and tricks.
I run a mainframe(3 really) for the feds, I kinda understand whats up with the Russian machines, (need IBM or MAC's).
Once again Maiii, thanks very much for the inside information, tell them we're thinking and praying for them and the machines.After all..."this is what I do, darling...."

PFC in the 76th

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

MAIII

Saturday, June 16, 2007 12:00 PM

thanks for the support everyone. I think we found our replacement catalyzer for the port compressor coil :)

the russians have found a way to by the blown power supplies and restored functionality. questions still remain how stable this system is, how long the shuttle still needs to stay and a bunch of other stuff. I'm not saying we are out of the woods yet, cause the tiger teams are still running full speed and the root cause is still a mystery (we'd hate to leave and the problem comes right back). so keep good thoughts and we will make sure we keep both birds in the air, cause only one of them is rated for a return trip through atmo.

by the way the OMS Pod repair went really well yesterday so the shuttle is in a great config to come home when ever they decide they are comfortable with the ISS. today is a pretty light day for the shuttle crew, tomorrow is EVA 4 which is a lot of station get a head tasks since the solar array was stowed last night.

I will try to upload some photos from the spacewalk later today.

MAIII

Monday, June 18, 2007 2:28 PM

we are about to handover control to the mated stack to the russian computers. this will be the make or break test. if all goes well with them controling for an hour then I think we are in a good config for undocking tomorrow. if the computers have problems then we could delay undocking until wednesday. the russians believe the jumper has solved the problem, but there are still open questions about what protection and redundancy we have given up by putting the computers in this config. the shuttle crew is off duty for the first half of day and will say farewell to the station tonight. the hatches will be closed tonight and first thing in the morning is undocking and flyaround, later tomorrow is Late Inspection where the shuttle crew will scan the RCC (reinforced carbon carbon) wing leading edge panels for damage due to MMOD (micro meteoroid orbital debris). If things look good landing is Thursday around 2 pm.

The link has been updated with more spacewalk pictures:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=ekhorlf.24ok35ob&x=0&y=-bjbomd

MAIII

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:29 PM

From: MS2
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 2:01 AM
Cc: Shuttle-Crew
Subject: RE: Hope you had a great spacewalk

The package has been delivered. Pictures were taken (and probably downlinked already)and I'll have to find how to get them. I've got most of the crew hooked on the show and Clay too, so he will enjoy them.

Thanks again and take care,
Steve

MAIII

Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:03 AM

I added some photos from the crew return at Ellington today. I had a chance to talk with Swanny after the ceremony he is doing well. turns out when the crew was in quarantine prior to launch they watched 5 episodes and that is how Swanny got them all hooked. Clay was definitely excited about having the set on the ISS since he was hooked. Swanny is going to try and find the photos of him, Clay and Suni on the ISS with the DVD's as soon as he can. again sorry I couldn't get them for the CSTS screening's this weekend. stay shiny.

THEONETRUEBIX

Sunday, June 24, 2007 5:00 AM

And now that I'm back from the charity screening after party, breakingatmo.com is updated.

MAIII

Sunday, June 24, 2007 3:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by theonetruebix:
And now that I'm back from the charity screening after party, breakingatmo.com is updated.

Bix thanks for the great job with the website and helping spread the word.

MAIII

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5:33 PM

The photos have arrived. last three in the gallery are of some shiny discs enjoying zero-g's.

CLJOHNSTON108

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:07 PM

IREMIST

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:17 PM

I haven't been on here in months, and I log on today to this....

THAT JUST ROCKS!!!!

Totally Wickid, made my day!

CAPTAINCOUPI

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:56 PM

Sweet.

Just posted a link on News of the Verse to the original photo's on Breaking Atmo.

Very Very Very Shiny.

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SAMEERTIA

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:56 PM

Just too awesome!

OUT2THEBLACK

Thursday, June 28, 2007 2:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Iremist:
I haven't been on here in months, and I log on today to this....

THAT JUST ROCKS!!!!

Totally Wickid, made my day!

Missed You , I did...Where U Been ?

...and MAIII , those pics are the Shiniest !

Does Suni have a box set for the 1-G

environment ?

Some 'Coats should surely see

that she does , in recognition of her record

achievement !

Hmmm , that could be a new mission for the

Spaceborne Forces !

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IREMIST

Thursday, June 28, 2007 5:37 PM

Soooo nice to be missed!

MAIII

Friday, June 29, 2007 3:15 AM

I was thinking so you are all so creative maybe we can have a t-shirt contest to come up with the best design to commemorate this auspicious day. just a thought.

FILLYGIRL

Friday, June 29, 2007 8:26 AM

Great idea! I'd like one of "Swanny" and the disc floating in space....

Private in the 76th

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

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Friday, June 29, 2007 8:55 AM

Hey have you guys seen the IMDB page for today? Look! -->
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Dude... firefly made it onto the IMDB home page...! :D