Wow, NASA certainly does not disappoint when it comes to extracurricular activities. President Obama decided to make a day trip to cleveland and the surrounding area last week in order to talk to some real Americans. Lucky for me, NASA Glenn is adjacent to the Cleveland airport, where obama flew in. A group of us interns were advised by a 20 year employee to view the landing of Air Force One from the top of one of the NASA buildings. Turns out we were not allowed to be up there and security kicked us off about 2 minutes before landing, and we were forced a glimpse between buildings from the ground. I didn't realize how big a 747 was! I got a better view of the takeoff, however:
That was friday. On wednesday, the austronauts of this past shuttle mission, STS-129 made a visit to NASA Glenn for a briefing and meet & greet. This was unreal! I sat in the front row as the astronauts talked about their mission. It was of even more significance to me because they brought a friend's (Brandon Krick) experiment to the International Space Station! I asked them about it but all they knew was that they brought a black box with experiments in it. I got their autographs and a picture with the commander, Charles Hobaugh:
I've also been going to Ray's Indoor MTB park alot. It's basically a bunch of ladder bridges, logs, and jumps in a huge warehouse. I've been taking my bike off some sweet jumps which is really fun. My skills are really improving and being in the air is really fun. Today I'm going to see a bunch of pros shoot a video there. It should be some great entertainment.
Oh yeah, work is going well. I'm making a lot of progress on my project, although it's likely that all we'll learn about it is that it won't work. That's research though. I guess.
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