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  1. J

    Orbiter for Kids: advice please

    Nice! :-) "The students will fly the simulator..." That's a long way from using 3x5 cards! :-)
  2. J

    Orbiter for Kids: advice please

    Students' Familiarity With Shuttles? Hi - new person here. :-) Are your students already familiar with space exploration and/or human spaceflight? I've made a few Shuttle presentations to students. To pique their interest and to act as an ice-breaker (for all of us!), I asked their teacher...
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    Former Employee at KSC

    Yes!! A5214!! Oh, man - it's all coming back now!! :-) A5214 was indeed the Pad rollout procedure, and so many times I stopped at an appropriate distance from the Shuttle stack just to watch these magnificent machines make their way slowly from the VAB to the ocean-side launch site. I believe...
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    Former Employee at KSC

    Wow! :-) As the title says -- 'Wow!' and thanks for all the greetings! :-) I knew at least one 'DaveS' at Kennedy - a Mid-body Planner and an LA Dodgers fan! - and he's right on the Shuttle procedure nomenclature. The "S" prefix was for "Shuttle" [the combined Orbiter, External Tank and...
  5. J

    Former Employee at KSC

    Hello from Colorado's San Luis Valley! I spent twenty-some years at Kennedy Space Center and was fortunate to work with some great people on a great program! I found this website by doing a Google search for 'S0014 (Flight Readiness Firing)'. ("S0004", "V1017", "V1184" anybody? :-) ) I look...
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