Wasn't Florida glad that Space Shuttle Discovery was used on their quarter instead of SS Columbia?

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Except Apollo 1, wasn't it Tim? That's the one where Virgil Grissom
and the other astronauts on that flight were sacrificed to the Gods as
were the crew members of SS Columbia and SS Challenger. All in the
name of 'progress'.

And your point was...

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But since so many Floridians didn't come from Florida,
making the state disconnected from its true place in
history, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that it
came up with the wrong design.


Don't get me going
/native mode

On 12 Oct 2005 15:18:11 -0700, "ed kyle" wrote:

And Apollo was far more historically significant in the
broader scope of things. Shuttle will soon be gone,
relegated to a paragraph in history texts at most.

Although Shuttle is more distinctive on a coin. Most folks recognize
it and say "it's a Shuttle". A Saturn V wouldn't be recognized as a
Saturn V, especially with the level of detail on a Quarter, it would
just be a rocket. A LM would be even more obscure (and probably lead
to jokes about how appropriate it is that Florida put a bug on its
State Quarter...).

Florida's quarter should have celebrated Apollo/Saturn.
But since so many Floridians didn't come from Florida,
making the state disconnected from its true place in
history, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that it
came up with the wrong design.

I was born in Florida in 1964 and was one of only a few natives as I
was growing up in Rockledge. Lord knows, when Apollo ended, most of
the people who came to Florida to work on it, left. They started
trickling back when Shuttle got close to flight circa 1980.

Brian

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I was born in Florida in 1964 and was one of only a few natives as I
was growing up in Rockledge. Lord knows, when Apollo ended, most of
the people who came to Florida to work on it, left. They started
trickling back when Shuttle got close to flight circa 1980.

Wuesthoff?
Me too, '59

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 04:57:08 GMT, "Tim K." wrote:

I was born in Florida in 1964 and was one of only a few natives as I
was growing up in Rockledge. Lord knows, when Apollo ended, most of
the people who came to Florida to work on it, left. They started
trickling back when Shuttle got close to flight circa 1980.

Wuesthoff?
Me too, '59

Yep. My brother was '59 too.

Brian

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"Brian Thorn" wrote in message
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I was born in Florida in 1964 and was one of only a few natives as I
was growing up in Rockledge. Lord knows, when Apollo ended, most of
the people who came to Florida to work on it, left. They started
trickling back when Shuttle got close to flight circa 1980.

Wuesthoff?
Me too, '59


Used to use the gym at Worst off. Got hundreds of hours flying out of that
little 2000' strip at the Rock.

Limey.

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Except Apollo 1, wasn't it Tim? That's the one where Virgil Grissom
and the other astronauts on that flight were sacrificed to the Gods as
were the crew members of SS Columbia and SS Challenger. All in the
name of 'progress'.

And your point was...

It was another NASA explosion Tim. And I just LOVE them.........

As you were, maggot!

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It was another NASA explosion Tim. And I just LOVE them.........

Whatever makes you feel good about yourself.