"Jeff Findley" wrote in message
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Indiana?

We have a winner, though didn't quite narrow it down to the town, but close
enough, details below.

The actual town I was in was Bedford itself (and that's the specific area I
was thinking of, not the entire state. :-)

Two astronauts supposedly were from (or spent time in) in Bedford, Bowersox
of course was one of them. I'm drawing a blank on the 2nd.

And Grissom of course was the next town over. And it was the airport that I
drove by.

And yes, there is a lot of caves in that area due to all the karst. Some
really great caves.

And while there, unfortunately I had really lousy access. I had to use my
cell modem and was getting 1RxTT speeds, but really crappy ones at that.

And to top it off, someone knocked my laptop off the desk and broke a corner
and a USB port. Finally time to replace it I think.



karst = Karst is a special type of landscape that is formed by the
dissolution of soluble rocks, including limestone and dolomite.

Grissom Air Reserve Base (formerly Grissom Air Force Base) was named after
Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom.

Indiana has had more than three astronauts though:

Joseph Allen -- Born in Crawfordsville, DePauw '59. On first four-man
shuttle crew. Missions: 1982, '85
Dominic Antonelli -- Raised in Indiana before moving to North Carolina.
Selected as a pilot by NASA in 2000 and is performing technical duties
awaiting assignment to a space flight.
Frank Borman -- Born in Gary. Commanded the Apollo 8 mission that was
first to circle the moon. Missions: 1965, '68
Kenneth Bowersox -- Grew up in Bedford. Missions: 1992, '93, '95, '97, 02
Anthony England -- Born in Indianapolis. Missions: 1985
Kevin Ford -- Montpelier, Ind.; Notre Dame '82; awaiting first space
flight assignment
Michael T. Good -- Notre Dame '84; awaiting first space flght assignment
Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom -- The Mitchell, Ind., native was the second
American to fly in space but was killed in the Apollo 1 fire in 1967.
Missions: 1961,'65
James Wetherbee -- Notre Dame '74. In '95, was on first joint United
States-Russia mission. Missions: 1990, '92, '95, '97, 2001

Jeff

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