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Cherskiy
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/05/space.love/index.html
Seems some astronauts are made of the "Wrong Stuff", after all.... 
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mark occomore
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| I read that yesterday she travelled 900 miles wearing nappies to cause mayhem. |
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Cherskiy
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The kind of diapers the astronauts wear to prevent problems in space, I believe. Makes you wonder what would have happened if her Shuttle mission had encountered a serious problem - no doubt NASA are checking their vetting procedures in case they've got anyone else about to go 'postal'....
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Ian Robinson
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| If I ever went into space, they'd need to give me nappies too - 'cos I'd be bricking it! |
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Cherskiy
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It was only a matter of time before some movie company bought the rights to "Diaper Girl's" story....
http://www.local6.com/news/10974800/detail.html
Movie tagline: "She travelled 900 miles, armed only with a pepper spray, a BB gun and a pair of diapers...."
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Natasha
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Ian Robinson wrote: | | If I ever went into space, they'd need to give me nappies too - 'cos I'd be bricking it! |
Me too 
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Cherskiy
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Closest I've come to that was doing a parachute jump.... standing in the doorway of a perfectly airworthy Cessna 172, right hand holding a handrail midway along the wing, right leg dangling in mid-air, left hand firmly clutching the top of the doorway and left foot standing on the doorwell step.... then throwing myself backwards - and downwards.
Not for the faint-hearted....
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SantaFefan
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( Nat, don't be impressed, it was still on the runway! )  |
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Cherskiy
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| SantaFefan wrote: | | ( Nat, don't be impressed, it was still on the runway! ) |
Hah, hah!  Well, it was until take-off, at least. I was kneeling in the back awaiting my turn (or was it praying, I forget which) - the bloke infront of me started to have second thoughts when it was his turn to drop. The instructor gave him one last chance and he finally managed it. By that time I was getting cramp in my legs.... we'd been in the air for 15 minutes already and it was kinda cramped in the back. If the guy infront hadn't jumped, we'd have had to land again because I couldn't get past him in the narrow fuselage to reach the door.
The instructor criticised me for "not shouting loud enough" as I did the count from flinging myself backwards from the plane until the main 'chute deployed. I thought I had done pretty well not to break anything....
When I finally got down, the club sent out a bloke on a quad bike to pick me up. Hanging onto the back of that damned thing as the rider floored it across the airfield back to the clubhouse was probably more dangerous than doing the drop in the first place....
(2,000 feet static line jump from Cessna 172 G-BBXH, Peterlee Airfield, Sunday 24th November 1996. Some early 30th birthday present!  )
And no, before anyone asks, I'm not planning to repeat the experience any time soon. I firmly believe in the law of averages....
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SantaFefan
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You have my respect Cherskiy, I don't think I could do that in a million years.
I don't have the urge to fly either...
I used to fly up to Scotland and sometimes down to Devon in my architect days in a four seater something or other. I sometimes sat in the front and refused the chance to "have a go" at flying at altitude.
I found the pilot's description of the transponder and instruments interesting enough but I wouldn't want to take it up as a hobby!
I was particularly nervous of taking off in heavy rain on one occasion, I couldn't see a thing! the pilot said it wasn't necessary to see ahead.
On another occasion down south, we were kept waiting because of the Red Arrows landing before us so we circled around for a while. I couldn't help noticing a big red "STALL" light flickering on and off and just had to timidly point it out to the pilot. 
Apparently, it was ok..... |
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Cherskiy
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| SantaFefan wrote: | | You have my respect Cherskiy, I don't think I could do that in a million years. |
Well, I don't plan to do it again. Once was enough. One of my colleagues took a while to get the twists in his lines sorted out and ended up landing in the middle of the nearby village.... thankfully he was unhurt, but that could have been me!
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On another occasion down south, we were kept waiting because of the Red Arrows landing before us so we circled around for a while. I couldn't help noticing a big red "STALL" light flickering on and off and just had to timidly point it out to the pilot.
Apparently, it was ok..... |
You should have pointed out the throttle at the same time....!
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Cherskiy
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"Diaper Girl" has been sacked by NASA.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6429323.stm
It's not the first time NASA has sacked an astronaut, but it is the first time they've done so publicly. Previously they have either permanently grounded one so as to force them to quit, or have quietly asked them to leave (i.e. ordered their resignation).
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Natasha
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What about 'Mr Lover Man' Bill Oefelein? A wife and two mistresses! He should learn to keep his space helmet in his trousers.
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Cherskiy
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Never mind his problems with re-entry....
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