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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.