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Old 12-10-2018, 10:06 PM
Startrek (Martin)
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Andy,
I was at the Kennedy Space Centre in July and tried the space shuttle simulator a few times,crashed every time on landing. Some 12 or 13 year old kid followed after me and landed the damn thing perfectly.The cockpit has about 200 switches and this kid was flicking switched everywhere and landed right in the middle of the runway. He should sign up with Space X or Blue Origin
I’m a Space kid from the 60’s followed the Gemini and Apollo missions on my parents black and white TV set.
I too read the book about 9 years ago and enjoyed it immensely
Another good read is Neil Armstrong A Life of Flight by Jay Barbree.
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