I particularly happy to see praise for Josh Byerly here. While I recognize and appreciate all of the other PAOs, Josh is my favorite for his command of the facts and steady stance. I especially appreciate him when Rob Navias is up and giving us his lugubrious delivery. I know Rob is popular around here lately, but I remember a few years ago when everyone else here was rolling their eyes at him too. What happened?
"I'm not a rocket scientist but I *did* read L2 last night."
Sorry for keeping this thread going past what might be its reasonable expiration date Short background -I was born two weeks after Sputnik, and grew up with Gemini and Apollo. Learned early on not to correct the grade school teachers when they said something stupid incorrect.I found NASASpaceflight.com in October when planning my and my wife's trip to Discovery's planned November launch. We couldn't return for her February launch but this site kept me connected, and *almost* made me feel like I was there, from pre-launch to post-landing. You've got quite a community here! So much information. I work with a bunch of engineers, and they are starting to ask me Shuttle-related questions. I'm thinking my response should start with "I'm not a rocket scientist but I *did* read L2 last night."So back to what I originally wanted to say - Thanks to all of you expert contributors here who keep the rest of us updated!