Thunderbirds are GO...
Jess is packing.
No, she hasn't finally come to her senses, but she is off to Germany tomorrow.
She's been invited to tour the European Space Agency followed by a live transmission of the MSG-2 launch from Kourou, French Guiana.
That's right - an actual satellite launch and she gets to press buttons in mission control...
Kind of puts the few perks of my gig into perspective. Free movies as opposed to playing Quatermass... man.
She's been too busy to get too excited yet, but for a major space geek like Jess this is quite an early Christmas present. With some of her dad's work in orbit right now and a lifetime of Asimov under her belt she'll get a hell of a kick out of this.
This is the MSG2 and the launch of its predecessor:
Not sure if there'll be a live web feed, but if I find one I'll chuck it up here.
[Music: Frank Black & the Catholics]
Not sure if there'll be a live web feed, but if I find one I'll chuck it up here.
[Music: Frank Black & the Catholics]
posted by Sizemore at 12/20/2005 09:58:00 pm
5 Comments:
how fucking cool is that?!?
Indeed. It doesn't get much better than that.
The last time an employer paid for me to go anywhere it was Wales for a couple of days in a B&B where I hooked up with a girl whose dad was ex army and took great care in showing me exactly how much he knew about guns. Scary place that.
Not that you have much to complain about yourself Mr L.A.
Wait a minute...has poor Jess been duped into taking part in a second-rate reality television show? And you're all going along with it? For shame.
(but seriously)
NICE ONE JESS!
xx
I did warn her that it could be like Lilya 4-ever but with Canary Wharf journos instead of poor Russian girls.
She'd already stopped listening to me at that point though because I'd asked her if she could find some Toten Corps goggles for me while she was out there...
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