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This NASA Astronaut Was 'Too Busy to Be Scared'
wired.com — Astronaut Peggy Whitson's descent module failed to separate properly, forcing it into a ballistic path — a fast, steep entry that caused the craft to miss the landing site by 295 miles. We asked her what it was like....
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- saxmaster, on 07/25/2008, -0/+7Sometimes I wonder if the extensive training that astronauts go through dulls them to the awesome reality of flying around in frigging SPACE. I remember the first time I flew on an airline--I couldn't stop looking out the window. It baffled me that the guy next to me slept through the takeoff.
- wintermute0, on 07/28/2008, -0/+1If suddenly pitching into an 8g fall with extra bits of your drop pod still trailing behind you and the dash board on fire is just "less than nominal," being in FRIGGIN' SPACE must have bored her to tears!
- Veriander, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1"...maintain an even strain..." NASA markets itself worse than Microsoft. I wish they would subcontract the coverage to Steven Spielberg -- then suddenly Space would become popular again.
- Cassanova, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1haha all in a days work I guess
- mrloci, on 08/04/2008, -0/+1weird interview....it was like a 5yr old was asking the questions.
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