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John

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About Me

Yes, it wasn't a fancy tricked out page, but it gets the job done. Florida transplant working on the Space Shuttle. Flies single & multiengine small aircraft recreationally, listens to and agrees with Glenn Beck on national and international issues. Have a beautiful wife and two great kids. Check my blog (from the beginning) for pics of the shuttle program that you don't see along with other stuff.

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"Perhaps you feel you are being treated.. unfairly?"

My Interests

Flying bug smashers, space program, XBox 360, former volunteer firefighter, cooking, working out, drawing

I'd like to meet:

All Kinds of People-- not looking to get 100,000 friends on Myspace, just people who would be fun and interesting to hang with.



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South Park Lil' RUSH Tom Sawyer intro- Snakes & Arrows tour 2007

Music:

Alternative, Heavy Metal, Classic Rock, some Rap (not that hardcore crap) and some Country, Black Eyed Peas & Fergie, tolerate some Pop. Pierre Bensusan-- an incredible acoustical guitartist!

Movies:

Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Comedies. "Always" is a classic. Rocketman (good NASA parody), Space Cowboys, The Rocketeer, Alien, Saving Private Ryan, Lord of the Rings trilogy, etc..What happens when too many Marvel movies are made at the same time: .. Spidey Visits The X-Men

Television:

Reaper, House, CSI, 24, Mythbusters, The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, Mind of Mencia, MADtv, Last One Standing, Glenn Beck, South Park, Scrubs, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Gene Simmon's Family Jewels, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

Books:

"Illusions - The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" and "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach, Dale Brown, Tom Clancy, Calvin & Hobbes, Bloom County, "The Raising of a President"

Heroes:

Military, Firefighters, people who think of others before themselves, AngelFlight members, and Marvel Universe characters ..

My Blog

Simulated Astronaut Rescue

This annual exercise is done to familiarize all groups responsible for astronaut rescue during a launch abort at the pad in real world conditions. One of our training instructors was asked to particip...
Posted by John on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:11:00 PST

STS-124 Landing Highlights

Was chosen to be an SCO (Space Craft Operator for those not up to speed yet) to support landing Saturday. It was my first time in that position and was a very cool spot to be in. I was one of two peop...
Posted by John on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:20:00 PST

Infrared View of Launch

You can see the bricks flying in this video if you look close.   .....
Posted by John on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:28:00 PST

Landing on Saturday

Landing is at 11:15 a.m. and it looks like I'm on the landing team. I will be opening the hatch for the astronauts and doing the post landing switch list on the flight deck. Don't think I wi...
Posted by John on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:52:00 PST

Initial reports of Flame Trench Damage

Initial findings are that the metal tabs that hold the brick in place to the wall are corroded or missing (age). So they will have to refurb the whole trench. They aren't worried about an impact for n...
Posted by John on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:28:00 PST

Pics of the Flame Trench

As most have heard, there was some damage done to the pad during the last launch. Initial speculation is going through several possible causes: age of fire brick, fully loaded boosters made for heavie...
Posted by John on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:38:00 PST

Long Silences

Haven't been on the site in a while-- sorry to all for not responding to comments or e-mails. Trying to get things in order with all that has happened in the program over the last couple of months. St...
Posted by John on Wed, 28 May 2008 06:09:00 PST

More Roll in pics

A guy on the outside sent these to me while we were rolling in. Posted the best ones here. OPF Bay 2 waiting for Endeavour... Here she comes (slowly) Richie did a good job driving the tug while the ...
Posted by John on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:02:00 PST

What is up with the blogs?

Having trouble bringing them up. They are triggering my parental controls. Anyone else having problems?
Posted by John on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:15:00 PST

Endeavour Roll In (trapped in a can)

BOOM! BOOM! Heard that familiar sound just as I stepped out the door to leave for work. After cancelling the first attempt, Endeavour was almost home. I went into work later than normal because i...
Posted by John on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:50:00 PST