Ron Parise dies

Wikipedia is reporting that Ron Parise, Payload Specialist on STS-35 and
STS-67 (the ASTRO missions) died of a brain tumour on Friday 9th May, aged
56.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"

On May 11, 11:31 am, "GordonD" wrote:
Wikipedia is reporting that Ron Parise, Payload Specialist on STS-35 and
STS-67 (the ASTRO missions) died of a brain tumour on Friday 9th May, aged
56.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"

For how long did anyone know about this supposed tumor?
.. - Brad Guth

On May 11, 11:31 am, "GordonD" wrote:
Wikipedia is reporting that Ron Parise, Payload Specialist on STS-35 and
STS-67 (the ASTRO missions) died of a brain tumour on Friday 9th May, aged
56.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"

I checked the source, CollectSpace.com, and it had a longer obit.

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-051108a.html

Sorry to see him go at such a young age.

On May 11, 5:50*pm, M wrote:
On May 11, 11:31 am, "GordonD" wrote:

Wikipedia is reporting that Ron Parise, Payload Specialist on STS-35 and
STS-67 (the ASTRO missions) died of a brain tumour on Friday 9th May, aged
56.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"

I checked the source, CollectSpace.com, and it had a longer obit.

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-051108a.html

Sorry to see him go at such a young age.

Wow, this is terrible news! I worked at CSC with Ron back when he took
his first flight on the shuttle. I supported the Spacelab ASTRO
mission that was his baby back in December of 1990. I met him several
times and even introduced my daughter to him at NASA day at GSFC many
years ago. She was so excited to meet a real astronaut.

What a great guy. This a true loss. I am deeply saddened... I am
certain GSFC will be in mourning for several days.

Eric

On May 12, 10:32*pm, Eric Chomko wrote:
On May 11, 5:50*pm, M wrote:





On May 11, 11:31 am, "GordonD" wrote:

Wikipedia is reporting that Ron Parise, Payload Specialist on STS-35 and
STS-67 (the ASTRO missions) died of a brain tumour on Friday 9th May, aged
56.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"

I checked the source, CollectSpace.com, and it had a longer obit.

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-051108a.html

Sorry to see him go at such a young age.

Wow, this is terrible news! I worked at CSC with Ron back when he took
his first flight on the shuttle. I supported the Spacelab ASTRO
mission that was his baby back in December of 1990. I met him several
times and even introduced my daughter to him at NASA day at GSFC many
years ago. She was so excited to meet a real astronaut.

What a great guy. This a true loss. I am deeply saddened... I am
certain GSFC will be in mourning for several days.


Yep, just as expected:

Colleagues:

The Center received some very sad news over the weekend that one of
our colleagues, Dr. Ron Parise, passed away after a very long battle
with cancer. His loss deeply hurts all of us who benefited from his
work and passion. I received this note from Frank Bauer, one of Ron’s
long-time friends and associates, and I thought I would share it with
all of you as I think it captures the warmth and admiration we all
felt for Ron. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Parise family and
to his legion of friends.

Rick Obenschain



Dear Rick:

It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of a great
friend, colleague and fellow ham radio operator. Dr. Ronald A.
Parise, WA4SIR, left this Earth, Friday May 9, 2008, after a very long
and courageous battle with cancer.

Ron Parise was--and continues to be--an inspiration to countless
students, ham radio operators, and friends the world over. His
accomplishments were many, including: space explorer, pioneer,
astrophysicist, pilot, ham radio operator, avionics and software
expert, inspirational speaker and motivator, student satellite mentor,
husband, father, and friend. While he certainly did some truly
extraordinary things in his lifetime, Ron Parise is best known and
cherished for keeping family and friends first…and for this, we will
miss him most.

Ron flew as a payload specialist on two Space Shuttle missions: STS-35
on the Space Shuttle Columbia in December 1990 and STS-67 on the Space
Shuttle Endeavour in March 1995. These two missions, called ASTRO-1 &
2 respectively, carried out Ultraviolet and X-ray astronomy
observations. He logged over 614 hours and 10.6 million miles in
space. Ron and his crew members on ASTRO-1 became the first
astronomers to operate a telescope from space, making hundreds of
observations during the mission. His personal contributions to these
two missions have provided scientists with an unprecedented view of
our universe, expanding our understanding of the birth, life and death
of stars and galaxies.

Ron was also the ultimate ham radio operator—in space and on the
ground. First licensed when he was 11, Ron kept the amateur radio
hobby at the forefront of everything he did—including his operations
from space. During his two Space Shuttle flights, he talked to
hundreds of hams on the ground, giving new meaning to the phrase the
“ultimate DX-pedition”. He was instrumental in guiding the
development of a simple ham radio system that could be used in
multiple configurations on the Space Shuttle. As a result, his first
flight on STS-35 ushered in the “frequent flyer” era of the Shuttle
Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) payload. He was the first ham in
space to operate packet radio. And his flight pioneered the
telebridge ground station concept to enable more schools to talk to
Shuttle crew members despite time and orbit constraints. In his two
shuttle flights, he inspired countless students to seek technical
careers and he created memories at the schools and communities that
will never be forgotten.

Ron’s love for the amateur radio hobby and his love of inspiring
students continued well beyond his two Shuttle flights. During the
formation of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) program, Ron was a tremendous resource to the newly forming
international team. I know of many instances where Ron’s wisdom and
sage advice was instrumental in helping our international team resolve
issues when we reached critical technical or political roadblocks.
And he was a key volunteer in the development of the ham radio
hardware systems that are now on-board ISS. The ARISS team is deeply
indebted to WA4SIR for his leadership, technical advice and tremendous
vision.

Ron worked hand-in-hand with the students at the Naval Academy and
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on the development of their
student satellites. He helped develop Radio Jove—a student
educational project to listen to the radio signals emanating from
Jupiter. And he spoke at numerous schools over the years, inspiring
them to pursue careers in science, math and technology.

I feel blessed to have had Ron as a friend, colleague, ham buddy and
mentor. He gave so much, cheerfully, to our collective hobby and was
always there with the right answer no matter the topic. I will miss
him dearly.

On behalf of AMSAT and the ARISS International team, I would like to
extend our collective condolences to the Parise family and to all
Ron’s friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

And to Ron Parise, WA4SIR SK: Our sincerest 73's and 88's…may your
exploration spirit live on in us all!!

Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University
Blvd., West, Silver Spring, Md., on Friday, May 16, from 2 - 4 p.m.,
and from 7-9 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will e held at
Resurrection Church, 3315 Greencastle Road, Burtonsville, Md., on
Saturday, May 17, at 10 a.m., with interment at Burtonsville Union
Cemetery.

Ron Parise dies at the ripe old age of 56.

So this nasty brain thing came entirely out of nowhere?

Sounds kind of, sort of fishy.
.. - Brad Guth


GordonD wrote:
Wikipedia is reporting that Ron Parise, Payload Specialist on STS-35 and
STS-67 (the ASTRO missions) died of a brain tumour on Friday 9th May, aged
56.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"

On May 13, 5:32*pm, BradGuth wrote:
Ron Parise dies at the ripe old age of 56.

So this nasty brain thing came entirely out of nowhere?

Sounds kind of, sort of fishy.
. - Brad Guth


The article I read stated he had been fighting a battle with cancer
for awhile. This didn't just pop up out of the blue and recently at
that.

If you believe that brain tumors are related to spaceflight, then
where is your data coorelating the two?

Eric



GordonD wrote:
Wikipedia is reporting that Ron Parise, Payload Specialist on STS-35 and
STS-67 (the ASTRO missions) died of a brain tumour on Friday 9th May, aged
56.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"- Hide quoted text -

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Eric Chomko wrote:

On May 13, 5:32*pm, BradGuth wrote:
Ron Parise dies at the ripe old age of 56.

So this nasty brain thing came entirely out of nowhere?

Sounds kind of, sort of fishy.
. - Brad Guth


The article I read stated he had been fighting a battle with cancer
for awhile. This didn't just pop up out of the blue and recently at
that.

If you believe that brain tumors are related to spaceflight, then
where is your data correlating the two?

Deke Slayton also died of brain cancer, but can't think of anyone else. In
other words, it was merely a coincidence. Reminds me of the tinfoil hats
who said that James Irwin was knocked off by the government.

On May 14, 12:39 pm, Eric Chomko wrote:
On May 13, 5:32 pm, BradGuth wrote:

Ron Parise dies at the ripe old age of 56.

So this nasty brain thing came entirely out of nowhere?

Sounds kind of, sort of fishy.
. - Brad Guth

The article I read stated he had been fighting a battle with cancer
for awhile. This didn't just pop up out of the blue and recently at
that.

If you believe that brain tumors are related to spaceflight, then
where is your data coorelating the two?

Eric



GordonD wrote:
Wikipedia is reporting that Ron Parise, Payload Specialist on STS-35 and
STS-67 (the ASTRO missions) died of a brain tumour on Friday 9th May, aged
56.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"- Hide quoted text -

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I was thinking more along the lines of his knowing too much for his
own good, and especially for the good of DARPA.
.. - Brad Guth

On May 15, 7:13 am, bol bol@nowhere wrote:
Eric Chomko wrote:
On May 13, 5:32 pm, BradGuth wrote:
Ron Parise dies at the ripe old age of 56.

So this nasty brain thing came entirely out of nowhere?

Sounds kind of, sort of fishy.
. - Brad Guth

The article I read stated he had been fighting a battle with cancer
for awhile. This didn't just pop up out of the blue and recently at
that.

If you believe that brain tumors are related to spaceflight, then
where is your data correlating the two?

Deke Slayton also died of brain cancer, but can't think of anyone else. In
other words, it was merely a coincidence. Reminds me of the tinfoil hats
who said that James Irwin was knocked off by the government.

Perhaps those tinfoil hats should have been given to those Sephardi
kids, before getting their brains nuked.

Why is ethnic cleaning via 36,000 fold of X-rays and Gamma dosage
acceptable, and at the same time it’s too dark and scary to set the
record straight, as an example of what humanity is willing to tolerate
from certain faith-based groups that think they are so extra special
and above whatever common law human decency?

A cure for ringworms, my ass. I believe Jesus Christ was also one of
those dark skinned Jews, whereas perhaps his ringworms were supposedly
cured by way of putting him on that stick.

Without much question, we are still being ruled and otherwise getting
snookered and dumbfounded to death by those perverted sick *******s of
the faith-based kind (meaning those of your mostly white Semitic DARPA
kind).

Besides all the tens of millions exterminated by the old USSR policy
of ethnic and political cleansing, I’ve sort of known Hitler was
somehow still alive and kicking, at the very least a better clone of
that sick ******* as going after those apparently inferior Jews was in
fact still with us, except this time cloaked by our very own Semitic
DARPA cult of mad scientists (same as Hitler’s little Third Reich
cache of helpers), plus those of our DoD taking it out on 100,000
Sephardi (dark skinned) youths. Why? (because with our help they
could get away with it).

Apparently, the elder Zionist Jews of somewhat recent times were
extremely racist, even of their own genetic kind, not to mention what
their puppet Hitler warlord accomplished, and of their previous
partners in crimes against humanity having placed Christ on that stick
for yet another one of their precious faith-based PR stunts.

Ringworm and Radiation / by Barry Chamish
http://web.israelinsider.com/views/3998.htm

I guess if you’re going to get rid of a supposed inferior race, you
have to do this from within your own kind, and you have to go all the
way so that there are few if any lose ends of that supposedly
defective DNA within your group, whereas the consequences of such
chosen actions can be forgotten or at least officially banished from
ever having happened (similar to those efforts of covering up the USS
LIBERTY fiasco).
. - Brad Guth