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Re: Cool new science site!
by SciFi Chick » Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:11 pm
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Re: Cool new science site!
by Swift » Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:05 pm
Yes, I saw her announcement on Facebook.
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Re: Cool new science site!
by vendic » Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:02 pm
So did I. I just figured she should have posted it here first! lol
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Re: Cool new science site!
by Rommie » Sat Nov 14, 2015 1:10 am
She kinda posts all around the place these days in haphazard order. Glad you like it. 
Sorry I didn't post my profile here as one of my social media contacts. 
Sorry I didn't post my profile here as one of my social media contacts. Yes, I have a life. It's quite different from yours.
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Re: Cool new science site!
by vendic » Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:48 am
I was just having fun and trying to liven up this place a bit.
Congrats, I'm sure I speak for everyone at FWIS that we're proud of what you've done.
Our little Rommie all growed up and stuff.
Congrats, I'm sure I speak for everyone at FWIS that we're proud of what you've done.
Our little Rommie all growed up and stuff.
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Re: Cool new science site!
by code monkey » Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:18 pm
that *is* a cool site!
and still i persist in wondering whether folly must always be our nemesis. edgar pangborn
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take him and cut him out in little stars
and he will make the face of heaven so fine
that all will be in love with night
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come gentle night. come loving black browed night
give me my romeo. and when he shall die
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and he will make the face of heaven so fine
that all will be in love with night
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Re: Cool new science site!
by Rommie » Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:47 pm
Thanks!
So by the way, I spent some time obsessing today over the discovery that NASA is releasing a call for its next astronaut class, open Dec but not due to Feb, and even if you make it you don't start to 2017. Because huh, turns out I qualify. So why not apply? I guess I'll see what the application entails when it comes out, because while no one plans on it as a career move (I think) it is fun to think about.
It's pretty funny btw, my brother and sister's immediate reaction is one of "you're not fit enough!" Because even though I meet the physical requirements, and can hike or cycle all day without complaint, they will always think of me as their wimpy little sister.
So by the way, I spent some time obsessing today over the discovery that NASA is releasing a call for its next astronaut class, open Dec but not due to Feb, and even if you make it you don't start to 2017. Because huh, turns out I qualify. So why not apply? I guess I'll see what the application entails when it comes out, because while no one plans on it as a career move (I think) it is fun to think about.
It's pretty funny btw, my brother and sister's immediate reaction is one of "you're not fit enough!" Because even though I meet the physical requirements, and can hike or cycle all day without complaint, they will always think of me as their wimpy little sister.
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Re: Cool new science site!
by vendic » Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:59 pm
Go for it Rommie. Few have the opportunity so if you're in a group that qualifies, you should take it.
You'll get to see all the places you visited from high above.
Then you can contact that site about all the places you've been at and ask them to add SPACE!
You'll get to see all the places you visited from high above.
Then you can contact that site about all the places you've been at and ask them to add SPACE!
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Re: Cool new science site!
by code monkey » Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:40 pm
rommie, there's no question about it. of course you should apply.
and still i persist in wondering whether folly must always be our nemesis. edgar pangborn
come gentle night. come loving black browed night
give me my romeo. and when he shall die
take him and cut him out in little stars
and he will make the face of heaven so fine
that all will be in love with night
and pay no worship to the garish sun. william shakespeare
come gentle night. come loving black browed night
give me my romeo. and when he shall die
take him and cut him out in little stars
and he will make the face of heaven so fine
that all will be in love with night
and pay no worship to the garish sun. william shakespeare
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Re: Cool new science site!
by pumpkinpi » Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:01 am
Yes, GO FOR IT!
Too bad ignorance isn't painful.
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Re: Cool new science site!
by vendic » Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:23 am
I can't speak for the others, but, I want a signed photo in your space suit, signed in space.
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Re: Cool new science site!
by SciFiFisher » Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:51 am
Don't listen to these people Rommie. They just want to say they personally know an astronaut.
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Re: Cool new science site!
by grapes » Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:11 am
Do not not apply! The first application may just be the first application, but it could be the last too. I hope I'm making myself clear.
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Re: Cool new science site!
by Sigma_Orionis » Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:46 pm
Hope you Qualify
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Re: Cool new science site!
by SciFi Chick » Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:16 pm
This is pretty damn exciting. Can't wait to get an update. 
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Re: Cool new science site!
by SciFiFisher » Mon Nov 30, 2015 1:27 am
This thread is useless without pictures... Of Rommie in a space suit.
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Re: Cool new science site!
by Rommie » Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:38 pm
Thanks guys! Though FYI there's a long standing joke in astronomy that there are some folks who always apply every time the astronaut call goes out... just in case. I'm in good company there.
Also, true story. I'm at a meeting right now in New Mexico, and last night at the reception some astronomers from Caltech asked me "are you Andromeda321 from Reddit? I've been looking forward to meeting you for weeks!"
#thathappened
Pity you guys weren't there, you could have said you know me from my BABB days like true hipsters.
Also, true story. I'm at a meeting right now in New Mexico, and last night at the reception some astronomers from Caltech asked me "are you Andromeda321 from Reddit? I've been looking forward to meeting you for weeks!"
#thathappened
Pity you guys weren't there, you could have said you know me from my BABB days like true hipsters.
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Re: Cool new science site!
by vendic » Fri Dec 04, 2015 1:08 am
We're not in the cool gang, we are it.
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Re: Cool new science site!
by Rommie » Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:52 pm
Speaking of the topic at hand, I wrote a thing! Go read the thing!
No really, stuck at home most of this past week due to a sprained ankle in a bike accident (other guy's fault). But my editor at Discover just happened to write me and ask if I'd want to do a piece on this for their website, so it ended up being a profitable weekend on the sofa.
No really, stuck at home most of this past week due to a sprained ankle in a bike accident (other guy's fault). But my editor at Discover just happened to write me and ask if I'd want to do a piece on this for their website, so it ended up being a profitable weekend on the sofa.
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Re: Cool new science site!
by pumpkinpi » Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:29 pm
Rommie wrote:Speaking of the topic at hand, I wrote a thing! Go read the thing!
No really, stuck at home most of this past week due to a sprained ankle in a bike accident (other guy's fault). But my editor at Discover just happened to write me and ask if I'd want to do a piece on this for their website, so it ended up being a profitable weekend on the sofa.
Very cool. If you make the first cut I'll hook you up with my astronaut friend for some tips.
I didn't quite understand this quote. "Members from this class will participate in an unprecedented transition at NASA as one of the approximately four American astronauts who visit the International Space Station (ISS)."
Do you mean four per year?
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Re: Cool new science site!
by Rommie » Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:58 am
I did. That was the editor's goof-up not mine, as it originally said per year (as that's how many went last year). 
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Re: Cool new science site!
by Swift » Fri Dec 18, 2015 1:50 pm
Rommie wrote:Speaking of the topic at hand, I wrote a thing! Go read the thing!
No really, stuck at home most of this past week due to a sprained ankle in a bike accident (other guy's fault). But my editor at Discover just happened to write me and ask if I'd want to do a piece on this for their website, so it ended up being a profitable weekend on the sofa.
Nice
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Re: Cool new science site!
by SciFiFisher » Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:04 pm
Rommie wrote:Speaking of the topic at hand, I wrote a thing! Go read the thing!
No really, stuck at home most of this past week due to a sprained ankle in a bike accident (other guy's fault). But my editor at Discover just happened to write me and ask if I'd want to do a piece on this for their website, so it ended up being a profitable weekend on the sofa.
Now write an E-book about how to make money while sitting on your couch. Market it to the masses and you will make millions!
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Re: Cool new science site!
by Rommie » Sun Dec 20, 2015 2:24 pm
If I do that much work I'm doing a legit book, not an ebook. Science books require way too much expertise to do and sell for a dollar to a few hundred people.
There may be plans afoot there, but nothing to publicly share yet.
There may be plans afoot there, but nothing to publicly share yet.
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