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  SF4M: What a weekend!

   • John Cholewa
     05/07/1997 00:00:000 UTC

     So, many things happened this extended weekend. Two up in

     space, and one fun little thing down here.

     Firstly, TV Guide put a special on SF this Saturday. For anyone

     interested, I taped it and will bring it in either Monday or

     Wednesday. It hosted William Shatner and was decently enjoyable.

     In orbit, the Russian space station, Mir, broke. One of their

     supply ships crashed into it, or something like that. Also, the

     Mars Pathfinder spacecraft bounced into Mars. After a bit of

     trouble, they're about to send its rover, the Sojourner, around

     on a joy ride (at the time of this writing, they've just worked

     out all the kinks). I taped as much of this stuff as I could,

     most (in fact, maybe all) of it stuff from CNN. Likewise, I'll

     bring it to the Forum this week for any interested Astronomers.

     -JC

       • j********o@***.com
         08/07/1997 00:00:000 UTC

         In article <3*******.********C@b****m.com>, John Cholewa
         <**@b****m.com>

         writes:

         >In orbit, the Russian space station, Mir, broke. One of their

         >supply ships crashed into it, or something like that.

         Mir is where BAD astronauts get sent. AP News Service: "A NASA

         disciplinary board today sentenced Flight Specialist Alec Linnes to
         a term

         of one to eleven months (depending on availability of return
         transport)

         aboard the imperiled Russian space station Mir as punishment for

         dereliction of duty on his recent flight aboard the space shuttle

         Columbia. Linnes is reported to have sobbed hysterically when
         sentence

         was passed. His lawyers plan a legal appeal of the decision, based
         upon a

         claim that the high degree and unpredictable nature of the dangers
         aboard

         Mir constitute a 'cruel and unusual' punishment."

         Gorno

         Red rover, red rover - roll on over;

         Red rover, red rover - please don't roll over!