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Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Been reading the interviews with each crew member...
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/index
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My money's on Danny Olivas as our Undercover Browncoat!
He sounds like our kinda guy...

Preflight Interview: Danny Olivas
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/inter
view_olivas.html]

nope unless he had been converted by the cargo.

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

where is the musical tribute OUT2THEBLACK? is austin wintory done yet?

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Originally posted by maiii:
nope unless he had been converted by the cargo.

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Originally posted by DonCoat:
I really love that external tank-cam.

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Meet the STS-117 Astronauts (A Call Sign Primer)
Posted on June 8, 2007 @ 22:55:55 EDT
Author Tariq Malik

NASA’s seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis are circling the Earth as we speak, but an attentive listener may find their chats with Mission Control confusing.

That’s because nearly every one of Atlantis’ seven STS-117 astronauts has their own unique call sign - or nickname - of choice. So rather than Rick, Lee, Patrick, Steven, John, Jim and Clayton, they are: CJ, BRU, Swanny, Danny, JR and Clay.

Some of their monikers have a straightforward abbreviation: mission specialists Steven “Swanny” Swanson and Jim “JR” Reilly II (he’s also a ‘junior’ apparently), for example, or Patrick “Pat” Forrester and Clayton “Clay” Anderson. John Olivas, meanwhile goes by “Danny” and I can’t believe it’s not related to that middle initial ‘D.’ in his NASA bio.

But Atlantis commander Rick Sturckow and pilot Lee Archambault carry call signs left over from their military days in the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force, respectively.

Sturckow’s “CJ” nickname is an abbreviation for Caustic Junior and stems from his apparent resemblance to a former superior officer whose own moniker was simply “Caustic”

Archambault’s handle BRU (pronounced “brew”) is rooted in bad luck.

“I had an unfortunate experience with a Bomb Rack Unit on an F-111 jet,” the Atlantis shuttle pilot explained before launch. Unfortunate or not, the experience apparently made an impression.

So mystery solved. There’s a handy primer on the many monikers of NASA’s STS-117 astronauts. I hope it comes in handy over the next 11 days.

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Originally posted by cljohnston108:
“I had an unfortunate experience with a Bomb Rack Unit on an F-111 jet,” the Atlantis shuttle pilot explained before launch.

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Originally posted by maiii:
...but CJ is doing the handoff...

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we are going to do a repair and will make sure the crew is safe.

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Originally posted by FloralBunny:
Thanks for the bulletins!
About the repairs: they were talking about
using a sewing kit that's taken along to fix
spacesuits, but by tonight (Wed.) there were
references to staples. ??
Isn't there a space version of duct tape?

bun
Frisky Browncoat
~etc.~

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