Comments on: The Right Stuff

By: LRL

LRL — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:01:26 +0000

Suni is actually the third American rookie to be assigned to an ISS flight, not the second. The first was Mission Specialist Peggy Whitson, on Expedition 5. Peggy will be the first astronaut to return to ISS for a long-duration flight; she’s assigned to Expedition 16. The 5 stars on the Expedition 14 patch represent the 5 past missions on which astronauts or cosmonauts lost their lives in pursuit of knowledge and discovery.

By: Jai

Jai — Thu, 04 May 2006 16:52:55 +0000

Yes, always add in Yasmeen Ghauri, Saira Mohan or Siddhartha Mitter.

And Katrina Kaif.

By: brimful

brimful — Wed, 03 May 2006 22:54:53 +0000

Taz, my spelling stinks, but here's more info on Sam- playwright, actor, my favorite leathery curmudgeon.

By: Ajit

Ajit — Wed, 03 May 2006 22:33:05 +0000

Preferably Saira Mohan…

By: Hear, Hear

Hear, Hear — Wed, 03 May 2006 22:28:41 +0000

Yes, always add in Yasmeen Ghauri, Saira Mohan or Siddhartha Mitter.

By: razib

razib — Wed, 03 May 2006 21:58:33 +0000

posts about half-browns should feature two people to make the brownitude equivalent.

By: taz

taz — Wed, 03 May 2006 20:48:42 +0000

Hey that Tom Wolfe book was published the year I was born! Sweet. Who’s Sam Sheperd? Teasing. (but really, who is he?)

Abhi, can we get a Sepia mutiny patch? full of symbolism like the one above?

By: Maitri

Maitri — Wed, 03 May 2006 20:44:57 +0000

Geez, I feel old now, having not mistaken your title for a NKOTB reference and instead having fond memories of Sam Shepherd.

Replace Sam Shepherd with younger Dennis Quaid and I second brimful.

Good luck, Sunita! Any girl who has a degree in physical science, loves her dogs and bowhunts is A-OK in my book!

By: Vikram

Vikram — Wed, 03 May 2006 20:35:47 +0000

I can’t beleive you brought back NKOTB in the title of this post… geeeeez… I won’t be able to get the song out of my head all day now.

This reminds me of people who think that Paul McCartney started his band career with Wings…

By: Abhi

Abhi — Wed, 03 May 2006 20:18:15 +0000

But what’s going on with the date on that article? Oct. 21, 2083? Was that a Y2K bug? Is the NYT getting a little full of itself and predicting the future? I’m confused!

Yeah, I noticed that too I changed the link now since some people will require a password to see the Times article anyways.