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06-08-2007, 08:57 AM
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and will carry Cyclone regalia to the International Space Station DesMoinesRegister.com | | | 
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06-08-2007, 09:00 AM
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#2 | | Speechless
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I love it! JP...get this guy in Ames on the field sometime this fall.  |
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06-08-2007, 09:09 AM
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#3 | | Addict
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Originally Posted by ISUFan22  JP...get this guy in Ames on the field sometime this fall. Fall could be pushing it a little bit after 4 months on the space station - How about our bowl game in Dec/Jan? 
Got to give these guys alot of credit. The risks are enough. But can you imagine effectivly not leaving your house for 4 months - at all? No way I could do that - as cool as it would be.
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06-08-2007, 09:10 AM
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#4 | | Speechless
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Well, 4 months would put him back on earth sometime the first week or two of October. Plenty of home games left (Oklahoma, K-State & Colorado).
Who knows whether 4 months will turn into 6, etc. I just want to see the guy in Ames at some event where he can be celebrated. For being the first ISU grad in space and for taking a part of the Cyclones with him.
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06-08-2007, 09:15 AM
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#5 | | Facebook Knows All
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That's pretty freaking cool. | | | |
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06-08-2007, 09:17 AM
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#6 | | WAAAAHHHH!
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This just in...... EIU Grads to Pilot Oldsmobile to Kum&Go for a carton of Camels.  |
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06-08-2007, 09:21 AM
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#7 | | Prospect
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When we went to the Houston Bowl a few years ago, this man gave a tour of NASA to the marching band. How about that for the ultimate nerd dream? Marching band AND astronauts! (I was in marching band, and am in full admission of my nerdiness.)
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06-08-2007, 09:25 AM
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#8 | | All-Star
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Originally Posted by ISUFan22 Well, 4 months would put him back on earth sometime the first week or two of October. Plenty of home games left (Oklahoma, K-State & Colorado).
Who knows whether 4 months will turn into 6, etc. I just want to see the guy in Ames at some event where he can be celebrated. For being the first ISU grad in space and for taking a part of the Cyclones with him.
don't they have to do some sort of rehab for a few weeks?
i'm probably thinking way too hard about this  |
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06-08-2007, 09:38 AM
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#9 | | Speechless
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I'm not sure. I think they just spend a few hours or so doing whatever it is and then they're fine. But I really don't have a clue.
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06-08-2007, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by ISUFan22 I'm not sure. I think they just spend a few hours or so doing whatever it is and then they're fine. But I really don't have a clue. Come on people. They get off the shuttle to a hero's greeting. They walk down the runway, hug their family and friends, meet the adoring crowd and then do what they want to do. Haven't you ever seen "Armageddon?"
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06-08-2007, 10:41 AM
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You lose quite a bit of muscle and bone mass after four months in space. That combined with the mission debriefing, etc. makes me think getting him right after the mission might be unlikely. They still should do something at some point though.
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06-08-2007, 10:43 AM
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#12 | | All-Star
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As a fellow aero grad, I had the chance to meet with him a little in Houston when we were down there for the bowl game. He is an exceptionally nice guy and he does embrace his Cyclone roots. I think getting him back on campus would be great. First Cyclone in space is certainly deserving of some halftime recognition.
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06-08-2007, 10:50 AM
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#13 | | Speechless
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Who knows if this is technically possible, but perhaps a live or prerecorded message from space played on the digitron during a timeout would be nice.
Show him in the space station wearing his ISU shirt & hat while waving his pennant.
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06-08-2007, 10:51 AM
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#14 | | All-Star
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A little Cyclone love from the folks at Mission Control.
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06-08-2007, 11:20 AM
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Funny- the article on him in the Omaha fishwrap doesn't mention that he went to ISU for his masters except in a side column (you really have to look for it) that lists his background. If he were a kNU grad they would have been all over that.
Pretty awesome to have ISU represented in the Int'l Space Station! GO STATE!!
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