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WEEKLY WHINE Ringing the bellThe International Space Station's fifth crew is now on board, and the fourth is on its way home. That means it's time to open up the GoobNet Mailbox to see what you had to say about STS-111 on Endeavour this week.
What happened on STS-111 on Endeavour this week? - Albert Spim, Newport News, VA, USA Well, first it lifted off. Then it did some orbits. Then it docked with the station. Then it did some stuff. Then it separated.
Didn't it lift off and dock last week? - Beatrice Dixon, Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia Shut up.
Is it true that Franklin Chang-Díaz carried a Costa Rica World Cup shirt into orbit? - Cliff Wanchope, San José, Costa Rica Yup.
Is it true that they carried a Houston Rockets shirt into orbit in 1995? - Jan Pavilka, Houston, TX, USA Yup.
Which was cooler? - Eddie Findall, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan The Ticos shirt, definitely.
Aren't you just saying that because you're biased toward soccer? - Jan Pavilka, Houston, TX, USA Maybe, but you've got to admit the Rockets' logo is kind of ugly.
Why do these things always get off topic? - Jared Le Saux, Brisbane, Qld, Australia Sorry, we only want questions about STS-111.
What does the STS-111 mission patch look like? - Pat Padawanagala, Hat Yai, Thailand It looks like this.
What kind of city name is "Hat Yai", anyway? - Tim Barker, Madison, WI, USA A fun one.
Didn't Franklin Chang-Díaz make his first spacewalks on this mission? - Alfredo García, Portland, ME, USA Yup.
Why? - Billy Madison, Kongsvinger, Norway Why not?
Well, that was his seventh space flight. - Eric Estrado, Sucre, Bolivia Yes, it was.
Why does the International Space Station need a ship's bell? - Margarite Maranauve, Kourou, French Guiana Because it's a ship. Duh.
Does Endeavour have a ship's bell? - João Pinto, Lisbon, Portugal You'd better ask it.
What? - Yoko Tsumishi, Shizuoki, Japan Never mind.
How did Yuri Onufrienko, Dan Bursch, and Carl Walz like living on the Station? - Paul Mogoto, Fayeteville, NC, USA They thought it was pretty good. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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