Accelerates great, but runs rough
December 29, 2019 3:06 PM Subscribe
John (Grunsfeld) mentions flying to the Mir space station on a Rockwell vehicle - he's talking about the Space Shuttle. Jokes about defects in his vehicle are less funny now than they were then.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 3:22 PM on December 29, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 3:22 PM on December 29, 2019 [1 favorite]
Groovy. I miss Car Talk.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 4:04 PM on December 29, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 4:04 PM on December 29, 2019 [3 favorites]
Interesting, when I first heard this I thought he was being weirdly glib about the shuttle safety record (it's done a really strange thing twice now) but the call was from 1997, in between Challenger and Columbia, and now I realize he was referring to his two (at the time) total shuttle launches. That makes a lot more sense...
(And agreed, every time I hear a clip I'm reminded how much I miss Car Talk)
posted by range at 4:06 PM on December 29, 2019 [6 favorites]
(And agreed, every time I hear a clip I'm reminded how much I miss Car Talk)
posted by range at 4:06 PM on December 29, 2019 [6 favorites]
JPL's John Callas called in a few years later to talk about Opportunity, too.
posted by rhamphorhynchus at 4:12 PM on December 29, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by rhamphorhynchus at 4:12 PM on December 29, 2019 [2 favorites]
listening to this made me nostalgic for a brother i do not have
posted by lazaruslong at 5:34 PM on December 29, 2019 [10 favorites]
posted by lazaruslong at 5:34 PM on December 29, 2019 [10 favorites]
They used to work on his Sunbeam when he was at MIT! Their laughter is so contagious. I miss this show.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 4:03 AM on December 30, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by TWinbrook8 at 4:03 AM on December 30, 2019 [1 favorite]
I miss their laughter.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 7:35 AM on December 30, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 7:35 AM on December 30, 2019 [1 favorite]
Oops, turns out it wasn't John Callas, it was John Wright
posted by rhamphorhynchus at 11:42 AM on December 30, 2019
posted by rhamphorhynchus at 11:42 AM on December 30, 2019
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