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NICE SETTING.. BUT NO SLIDES/VIDEO: TAKE AWAY ADVANTAGE WE HAVE OVER OTHER SPEAKER THEME:LAUNCH => RECOGNIZED COMMON ELEMENTS REQ'D FOR NEW CONCEPT/ IDEA TO GET OFF THE GROUND => VISION; GROUNDWORK PREP TEAMWORK => FLEXIBLE/ADAPTABLE (NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WILL HAPPEN) IN NASA'S CASE 1 PERSON GETS TO RIDE THE ROCKET (PIONEER), BUT LARGE # OF PEOPLE WORKING IN UNISON, TOWARD COMMON GOAL, THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE => BECAME ASTRO IN '78 [GAP > APOLLO; GRAD SCHOOL; NEWSPAPER] 6 OF 35 => DADDY PARTICULARLY PLEASED => 1ST GROUP SELECTED FOR SHUTTLE (NOT CONSIDERED PIONEERS) DISTINCTION: => ASTRONAUTS ON 1ST 4 SHUTTLE FLIGHTS ESP. CRIP & JOHN (NEVER TESTED, NEVER FLOWN) (NEW CONCEPT: ROCKET / S/C / AIRPLANE) TEST FLTS (EJECTION SEATS) => "OPERATIONAL" … BY THE TIME I FLEW (SB-7, 1ST CREW OF 5) / CONCEPT TESTED (STILL RISKY, R&D) => DIDN'T GO INTO PGM TO BE 1ST WOMAN, … (FOR SAME REASON MEN IN GROUP APPLIED) → DIDN'T REALLY THINK OF MYSELF AS "PIONEER".. → BUT DID HAVE TO FACE SOME THINGS THAT (WALLY) DIDN'T … PRESS NOT ENLIGHTENED … SIMULATOR MAKE-UP → NOVELTY OF WOMEN ASTROS HAS WORN OFF (EVIDENCE: LAUNCH FRIDAY, 2 WOMEN) => 10EA OF PRESS EXPOSURE/INFLUENCE => LITTLE BOY STORY => HOPE YOUR LAUNCH IS AS EXCITING TO YOU AS MINE WAS TO ME.