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seraosha
05-26-2009, 01:38 PM
A retired Marine Corps major general and former astronaut who piloted the space shuttle (http://www.newscientist.com/topic/space-shuttle) that carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit in 1990.

link (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17185-former-astronaut-nominated-as-next-nasa-chief.html)
Ordie
05-26-2009, 01:59 PM
Sometimes I wonder why we even bothered going to the moon in the firstplace.

Lets hope we land a human on Mars in our lifetime.
brainplay
05-26-2009, 02:48 PM
Sometimes I wonder why we even bothered going to the moon in the firstplace.

Lets hope we land a human on Mars in our lifetime.

If you question why we went to the moon, why are you wishing for Mars?
Ordie
05-26-2009, 03:03 PM
If you question why we went to the moon, why are you wishing for Mars?

As a child at the time, landing on the moon raised my expectations.
Ever since then, not going back to the Moon or beyond with humans has been a let down for many in my generation.

I just hope to live long enough to see an astronaut plant Old Glory on Mars.