The Gov Needs To Market Nasa A Little Better
02-04-2003, 10:09 PM
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Location: Jensen Beach, FL / Sylva, NC
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I have been around the space program since 1985. My first job after high school was at a machine shop on long island. We made some parts for the tail section in our shop. Those parts were for the newer shuttles.
I moved to Florida and worked for a land surveying company that provided support to the space center. We worked on all the launch pads out there at one time or another. I felt Challanger explode from inside my office when it blew up. The building normally shook when the shuttle or even rockets go up. When columbia blew the place rocked like I had never felt it. I knew something was wrong the second I felt the place shake. I walked outside not wanting to see what I was expecting. It was a sad day. I feel for the people in Texas that witnessed that mess. It is surreal. It is also very depressing knowing you just witness people loosing their lives. I feel really sorry for the people that are employed by Nasa and its subcontractors right now. They have no clue if they are going to have a job tomarrow. The economy in the Merritt Island Florida area is about to take a really big dump.
I could never figure out why no one cares about the launches. When I lived next door to Kennedy and worked right outside its gates I was always very aware of all the goings on of Nasa. Everybody would stop work to go out and watch. After Challanger I never missed a launch. I was inside trying to get off the phone with a out of town client and when the building shook I hung up on him. After that we would all stand there and hold our breath and pray it would go o.k.
I have since moved to South Florida and it pisses me off that they dont even announce when the next launch is.
Here is a link to a site that is really informative. It tells you about evey mission and what the objectives were and what was accomplished.
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missio...s/missions.html
Nasa is out there they have a ton of websites. I agree whith Phinns they need to do more as far a TV and radio. The crew members should be on talk shows basically out in the public.
I am glad I had the priveledge to work out at Kennedy. I will never forget it. I still have a piece of reinforcing steal from one of the shuttle launch pads. I keep it in my office.
I moved to Florida and worked for a land surveying company that provided support to the space center. We worked on all the launch pads out there at one time or another. I felt Challanger explode from inside my office when it blew up. The building normally shook when the shuttle or even rockets go up. When columbia blew the place rocked like I had never felt it. I knew something was wrong the second I felt the place shake. I walked outside not wanting to see what I was expecting. It was a sad day. I feel for the people in Texas that witnessed that mess. It is surreal. It is also very depressing knowing you just witness people loosing their lives. I feel really sorry for the people that are employed by Nasa and its subcontractors right now. They have no clue if they are going to have a job tomarrow. The economy in the Merritt Island Florida area is about to take a really big dump.
I could never figure out why no one cares about the launches. When I lived next door to Kennedy and worked right outside its gates I was always very aware of all the goings on of Nasa. Everybody would stop work to go out and watch. After Challanger I never missed a launch. I was inside trying to get off the phone with a out of town client and when the building shook I hung up on him. After that we would all stand there and hold our breath and pray it would go o.k.
I have since moved to South Florida and it pisses me off that they dont even announce when the next launch is.
Here is a link to a site that is really informative. It tells you about evey mission and what the objectives were and what was accomplished.
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missio...s/missions.html
Nasa is out there they have a ton of websites. I agree whith Phinns they need to do more as far a TV and radio. The crew members should be on talk shows basically out in the public.
I am glad I had the priveledge to work out at Kennedy. I will never forget it. I still have a piece of reinforcing steal from one of the shuttle launch pads. I keep it in my office.