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Title: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: TexasRED on 06/09/2010 02:43 pm
Was forwarded this, pretty cool but kinda a downer at the same time.

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Subject: Note left by Astronauts

This is Cool !!!!
When a vehicle returns to the OPF, we go over them like ants at a picnic, While performing the FWD surveillance inspection of Flight deck, I found this note left by the Astronauts on the upper side of locker A-16.  While scanning the area with a mirror this caught my eye.  I’m assuming the Astronauts thought we would never see it.  It obviously was done on orbit in zero gravity, otherwise they would have to be standing on their heads.
[Name Omitted]
OPF Bay 1
Atlantis Quality

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Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: Namechange User on 06/09/2010 02:47 pm
Hah, very cool.
Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: smith5se on 06/09/2010 03:37 pm
That's just awesome! Ha, thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: astrobrian on 06/09/2010 04:25 pm
Touching, cool, awesome, many words can describe how great that is  :)
Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: Space Pete on 06/09/2010 05:05 pm
Awesome! A really nice bit of history! Let's hope we can add "The second last flight of Atlantis" in June 2011! ;D
Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: Fly66 on 06/09/2010 05:11 pm
Very cool indeed... I think the whole crew was one of the best of the entire shuttle program. I've been following every shuttle flight since STS-1 and as far as I can tell these guys had the most fun of them all. It was more than a pleasure and an honour to follow this flight! If STS 135 every flies I want this crew to be on it!
Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: Pheogh on 06/09/2010 05:11 pm
Well at least we know a little bit about how the astronauts feel about Shuttle retirement. Wish they could express this out loud instead of this way.
Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: Chris Bergin on 06/09/2010 05:36 pm
"The first last flight" - HA! that sounds like a way of saying they expect STS-135?
Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: collectSPACE on 06/10/2010 08:02 pm
A really nice bit of history!

There's a 40-year-old precedent for this type of thing... http://www.collectspace.com/signingoff
Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: neilh on 06/10/2010 10:22 pm
Very cool stuff.
Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: RafaelCE on 06/13/2010 01:36 am
This is just great.
It would only be greater if we had a larger picture of it
Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: kraisee on 06/13/2010 04:36 am
I hope they do exactly the same on the other two Orbiters the last time they fly.

This is a fitting way for the members of the Astronaut Corps to be able to say a personal "farewell" to these much-loved vehicles which have carried so many of them, so far.

Ross.
Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: gladiator1332 on 06/13/2010 05:23 am
That is really neat to see, thanks for sharing. Let's hope there is another set of signatures under that next year!
Title: Re: Note left by STS-132 Crew
Post by: TheGame0135 on 07/14/2010 04:59 pm
VERY COOL! I was fortunate enough to meet these guys when they came to GRC this past Monday, they were absolutely hilarious! Tony (Antonelli) put it best at their briefing, (as they were standing there looking up at her), "Ya know, all this goofing off we do is gonna look really stupid if we mess up". Great group of guys. So luck to have met them.