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  • #16
    Where did you set up, Korn?
    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Ned
      Lancer, and to think that once upon a time, long long ago, we once had boosters even more powerful, boosters that could send man "to the moon and back," in the words of Jack K.

      Those were the days.

      Ollie, train up those Swedes for Moon missions. We are going back.
      Sweden actually made our first lunar landing last week. But it was only an unmanned probe that made a planned chrash landing.
      So get your Naomi Klein books and move it or I'll seriously bash your faces in! - Supercitizen to stupid students
      Be kind to the nerdiest guy in school. He will be your boss when you've grown up!

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      • #18
        Christer Fuglesang
        I love being beaten by women - Lorizael

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Winston
          I just watched it on NASA-TV. Quite a sight to behold. As I managed to avoid thinking about the Swedish astronaut who's aboard (tsk), it was a 100% joyous experience.
          You don't want your countrymen to be with Americans?

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          • #20
            Winston´s danish. He´s just jealous
            I love being beaten by women - Lorizael

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            • #21
              They always bring danish up on the shuttle.
              Long time member @ Apolyton
              Civilization player since the dawn of time

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              • #22
                coffee too. Instant. And Tang!

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by DanS
                  Where did you set up, Korn?
                  On the eastern shore of the Banana River at the foot of the A1A/528 bridge, which is only a few miles away from the launch pad.

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                  • #24
                    I remember a night launch when I was in boot camp in Orlando Florida. Our CC's let us out to watch it. Still looks great, even from that far away.

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                    • #25
                      I saw a launch at nuke school while on 10 minute break between classes.

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                      • #26
                        Christer Fuglesang has broken a space record, by taking the longest walk from the space station doors ever. But he had a safety cord, just in case. He's a Swede after all - seat belts and bicycle helmets, you know the drill.

                        Today, he had a live TV chat with Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, who promised him an "out-spaced party at the Stockholm Castle" when he got home.

                        So get your Naomi Klein books and move it or I'll seriously bash your faces in! - Supercitizen to stupid students
                        Be kind to the nerdiest guy in school. He will be your boss when you've grown up!

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                        • #27
                          You guys are proud of the most pathetic things.
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                          • #28


                            You'd have to be an idiot to not be tied to something when walking.
                            Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                            "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                            He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                            • #29
                              He's just a bloody tourist anyway, just like the guys who literally walk over corpses to reach the summit of Everest and K2. But hey, he's a scientist, just like me...
                              So get your Naomi Klein books and move it or I'll seriously bash your faces in! - Supercitizen to stupid students
                              Be kind to the nerdiest guy in school. He will be your boss when you've grown up!

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                              • #30
                                Don't mind Asher. He majored in oboxiousness.
                                Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                                "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                                He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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