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Re: Janine Pape
« Reply #20 on: 07/25/2006 10:39 pm »
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MarkD - 25/7/2006  3:44 PM

I was thinking about the final flight in 2010, it'd be cool to have the big names back, Ms. Page included as GLS, and Rob Navias as JSC commentator for the launch. Yeah, really make it be worth remembering with everyone who helped the shuttle fly, be present.
Assuming (and hoping) the shuttle program gets that far, I think the final flight will be plenty memorable without bringing people out of retirement.  

I'm a space history buff, too, and I'm all for remembering past works and accomplishments -- but I believe we can remember and celebrate history quite sufficiently without recreating it.

By all means invite shuttle team members past and present back to witness the last mission and thank them once again, but I believe having them work their old jobs diminishes the value of their existing contributions to the country's space program -- while at the same time diminishing the value of the current team's contributions.

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Re: Janine Pape
« Reply #21 on: 07/25/2006 10:59 pm »
Do you think very soon there will be a show similar to From Earth to the Moon about the shuttle program? I hope there will be soon given the years left. I'd like to see a show like that. :)

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Re: Janine Pape
« Reply #22 on: 07/25/2006 11:19 pm »
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Assuming (and hoping) the shuttle program gets that far, I think the final flight will be plenty memorable without bringing people out of retirement.

Phillip -- You just voiced what I have been thinking a lot about lately.  While I'm an optimist by nature, I am going to be very worried watching each of the remaining launches.  NASA administrator Michael Griffin in a recent press conference said what anyone with an iota of space savy knows:  that another loss of vehicle/crew incident will mark the end of the shuttle program.  

Although the average person does not have any understanding of just how many things can go wrong during a shuttle flight, those who work closely on the vehicle know all too well.  All hold their breaths each time the vehicle lifts off, and I would imagine that there will be plenty of pre-launch sleepless nights in the next few years.

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Re: Janine Pape
« Reply #23 on: 07/25/2006 11:44 pm »
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Austin - 25/7/2006  7:06 PM

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Assuming (and hoping) the shuttle program gets that far, I think the final flight will be plenty memorable without bringing people out of retirement.

Phillip -- You just voiced what I have been thinking a lot about lately.  While I'm an optimist by nature, I am going to be very worried watching each of the remaining launches.  NASA administrator Michael Griffin in a recent press conference said what anyone with an iota of space savy knows:  that another loss of vehicle/crew incident will mark the end of the shuttle program.
I think you'll find there have been many others who have voiced that thought on this site in the last year, but it was more of an aside to the point I was trying to make...

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RE: Janine Pape
« Reply #24 on: 07/26/2006 02:11 am »
Hello Austin.  Janiene Pape here.  John Copella was nice enough to call my attention to your question.  You certainly had kind words.  Thank you!

To answer your question, I am still very thankful to be employed at the Kennedy Space Center in the software organization where I have been since 1982.  I was a primary GLS Engineer beginning in 1984.  I have been in management since 1987 but my responsibilities have grown to the point now that I can no longer write code (which I deeply miss) nor can I keep up with the extensive practice a GLS operator must go through on a weekly basis to be in a place of readiness for a flight.  After doing the job for well over 20 years, I found I enjoy supporting launch operations as the GLS system specialist who is free to analyze problems and prepare responses and also keeps the firing room timers and GLS synchronized.  It also allows me to be free to communicate on off channels with test conductors and integrators.  I sit right next to the primary operator and serve as a quality engineer who ensures all steps are performed, that the primary operator is prepared and knows what is coming next.  We have always had really great operators, all which have been excellent, (John Copella was one of the best) and I enjoy leaving this primary operational role to them.  George Thomas is the other system specialist and one of my managers and is just one of the nicest men you could ever meet.  There have actually been several females in the group, all exceptional operators.  I have just been there longer than anyone else (I entered the group right around STS-11).

In my current role, I manage the organization responsible for all Launch Processing System Software - command and control software (which includes GLS), operating systems, simulation, data record and retrieve, databases and language support.  I get to work with very talented programmers and  managers and fully enjoy my position as Chief Cheerleader for that team.

There are so many fine engineers in the Firing Room that you may not recognize when they speak on the command channel but if you watched these guys in action, I know you would admire them as much as I do.  

There is not one person in the engineering and operational realm whose contribution is not important to the program.  I think everyone I work with takes this obligation and commitment very seriously. The GLS job is no more important than the 1000's of other engineers who diligently work each flow through completion but I must confess that seeing my name like that was something special!  Thank you very much for the little thrill.  I wish you well.  jp

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RE: Janine Pape
« Reply #25 on: 07/26/2006 02:18 am »
Welcome to the site Janiene! You've got your own ready made fan club here! :)
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RE: Janine Pape
« Reply #26 on: 07/26/2006 02:47 am »
Hello Ms Pape. Were you the person that said "GLS is go for Auto Sequence Start" and "GLS is go for Main Engine Start"? If I got that right that is so damn cool!

On the video section here there's lots of launch videos and I know I've heard you on some of them.

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=656&start=1 this one is really clear on the SSME start as its a video on the flight deck with Endeavour STS-97.

And we all know there's so many people involved. Just kinda cool cause most of us get our launch fixes from TV and video and that means we've heard you a lot, so kinda makes it all a bit more real.

Funny thing is, when I first saw a Shuttle launch video, I thought the go or auto sequence start was the orbiter speaking :)  Because all the videos must have been you calling out the GLS calls and we all know Shuttles are "shes". Yes, very silly, I know.

Imagine my shock when a guy's voice came over on one launch!  :o  ;)

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RE: Janiene Pape
« Reply #27 on: 07/26/2006 07:06 am »
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jpape - 25/7/2006  6:58 PM

Hello Austin.  Janiene Pape here.  John Copella was nice enough to call my attention to your question.  You certainly had kind words.  Thank you!

Hello Ms. Pape and welcome to the NASA spaceflight forum.  I hope John knows that he just became my new best friend for contacting you!  I was going to say that I'm your number one fan, but didn't want to sound like Kathy Bates in "Misery" and scare you away!

I just want to tell you how much I and many others here appreciate your work and dedication to the shuttle program that we here love so passionately.  Although I am new to this forum, I quickly realized that I am in very good company amongst people who are staunch supporters of spaceflight -- some of whom are currently or were employed with NASA or USA.  

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The GLS job is no more important than the 1000's of other engineers who diligently work each flow through completion

I have great respect for all who work on the shuttle program and realize that many work behind the scenes, but your voice has become so familiar to those of us who have followed the program over the years, that I'm afraid your celebrity status was inevitable!  : )

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but I must confess that seeing my name like that was something special!  Thank you very much for the little thrill.  I wish you well.  jp

The thrill has been all mine -- I'm just sorry I misspelled your name in the original post!

I hope that from this thread, it has become apparent how many people here appreciate the contribution that you folks at USA have made to the shuttle program.  I know I speak for all when I say that we're glad that you are still actively involved and hope that in your current capacity (Launch Processing System ops), you find as much fulfillment and reward as you did in as primary GLS Engineer.  As we watch the countdown for Atlantis on STS 115 and the missions to come, we'll know that you just as involved, even if we don't hear your familiar voice during the terminal count.

Best wishes, and stop back and see us again!

Austin

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Re: Janine Pape
« Reply #28 on: 07/26/2006 11:22 am »
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MarkD - 25/7/2006  3:44 PM
 A nice idea for a real photo of such an event would have all three at their birth place in Palmdale. I also think it'd be fitting to have them all with Enterprise, together. That way you can see all of the orbiters in one place instead of driving around to each one. think of it like a big museum too, with big photos from various flights of each orbiter around them.  

Just wouldn't be a good idea.  It would limit the number of people that could see the orbiters.  Also wrt to OV-103, 104, and 105, other than the name, if you seen one orbiter, you've seen them all.

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Re: Janiene Pape
« Reply #29 on: 07/26/2006 07:04 pm »
I'll just stick to the general shuttle sketches then. Yeah, I'm stuck into the NASA bug of memorizing alot of shuttle techno babble. :) I even remember the T-20 minute briefing and launch poll prior to T-9 minutes and GLS auto sequence initiated for launch.

Hello Ms. Pape, pleased to meet you. :) The GLS does sound like a complicated job given that is the heart of launching a shuttle. Is it? I hear that in the T-20 briefing if a cutoff is given at T-31 seconds the GLS will recycle to T-20 minutes. Well something like that as the radio static  makes it somewhat hard to hear. I am also curious as on STS-1, the call for T-31 was Reduntent sequencer start, today it's known as Auto Sequence start. How did that change?

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Re: Janiene Pape
« Reply #30 on: 07/26/2006 07:36 pm »
By the way Jamie, thanks for re-posting that STS-97 flight deck launch video -- just fantastic.  I've heard that while riding the solids, feels like every filling is going to shaken out of your teeth -- like being in a salt shaker.  Both the respiration and voices of the crews kind of tell the story.  Great video

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Re: Janine Pape
« Reply #31 on: 07/26/2006 08:07 pm »
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MarkD - 25/7/2006  5:46 PM

Do you think very soon there will be a show similar to From Earth to the Moon about the shuttle program? I hope there will be soon given the years left. I'd like to see a show like that. :)

Saturday Night Live did a sketch about that very thing a few years ago.  It was called "From the Earth to the Area Around the Earth".
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Re: Janiene Pape
« Reply #32 on: 07/26/2006 08:40 pm »
I missed that. :)

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Re: Janine Pape
« Reply #33 on: 10/19/2006 02:39 am »
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MarkD - 25/7/2006  8:38 AM

Woops, I forgot about STS-93, there was a woman's voice in the third and sucessful launch attempt as GLS. Also thanks dude. :) So that was her on the launches I mentioned- 88 and 109. The GLS, anyone who is in that post sounds kind of muffled when talking. *shrugs* That's how it sounds to me, like there is more static on that line or something.

i'm still trying to recognize the voices of the launches...she, the Pages (121 or 115 for e.g.), and george thomas (104 or 84 for e.g.)...

that WAS her on 93 (and 95, AND 111, AND 101, AND so on...)? on 88, 109, 83/94, etc. she sounds different...a bit deeper and muffled...
T-10...9...8...7...we're go for main engine start...4...3...2...1...0 and liftoff of Shuttle Daedalus as the National Aerospace System celebrates its 25th mission.

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