NASA Images

[gfish]

Turns out NASA already has stills from our flight up. (All are hosted by NASA, for those of you who can't reach cyphertext.net.)

Boarding the plane
Nice posed shot of the two of us
Me on the laptop, Dymaxion and Troy tending the robot
Me very carefully standing still
Dymaxion poking at the bot while I try not to float away
More robot tending, nice wide angle
The obligatory post-flight line up

And most importantly, someone from another team doing a flip while I float in the background. I was afraid there weren't going to be any pics of me obviously floating in freefall. So yay.

Comments

[doctorpepper.livejournal.com]

I just want to point out, because it can't be pointed out enough, that you have a photo of yourself in freefall!

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YOU HAVE A PHOTO OF YOURSELF IN FREEFALL!

[9thmoon.livejournal.com]

!!!!

[rollick.livejournal.com]

That is so neat, and I am so jealous. These are really nice pictures.

[corivax.livejournal.com]

You could be our Designated Reporter next year and come with us. :)

neat!

[amiev.livejournal.com]

That is so cool!

[gfish.livejournal.com]

corivax has a wonderful idea. We can take a reporter who (assuming they pass all the physiology requirements) gets to fly along with the team. Onion A/V isn't the most appropriate venue, of course, but I'm not sure NASA would know that. Doing it freelance might work as well, since you'd have real journalist credentials. NASA has always been unimpressed with the outreach section of our project, so getting a journalist for next year is probably a very good idea. And this way we wouldn't have to deal with the jaded Seattle Times guy who has flown with previous UW teams and isn't interested any more.

[corivax.livejournal.com]

(I'm serious. We think you're cool, and NASA would be thrilled if we showed up with a Real Live Reporter in tow. It is a little more complicated than that - you have to actually write an article somewhere, and pass a medical exam to go into microgravity (it's not too hard). But we think you're neat and enjoy your writing, so why the hell not?)

[corivax.livejournal.com]

Bah. You beat me to it.

[cow.livejournal.com]

I find it impossible to imagine being jaded about freefall. Very sad.

[maribou]

WOW. *Flooooaaaaating*. WOW.

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

I'd just like to take this opportunity to point out that THAT'S MY HUSBAND.

MY HUSBAND CODES IN FREEFALL!

:)

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

Those are great. :)

Dymaxion kind of looks like Speed Racer in the wide-angle one.

My husband in freefall!

[doctorpepper.livejournal.com]

SNEAKY HUSBAND!

[rollick.livejournal.com]

What are the physical requirements like? I imagine we could find someone who'd be interested in an article — I also write for the SCI FI Channel, and there are plenty of local places that take long-form freelance articles — but I really doubt I could pass any kind of significant physical.

[rollick.livejournal.com]

Heh. Because I'm not sure I could pass the physical, and I'm not sure who I'd market a story to? But still, it sounds incredibly exciting to me. I'm asking gfish for the details elsewhere in this thread.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

It is a modified FAA class III medical. The only aspect of it that is likely to present a problem are the moderately restrictive weight requirements. Details of the medical process are here (http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov/medical.cfm) and the gender/height/weight table is on the fourth page of this PDF (http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov/pdfs/medexampacket.pdf).

[rollick.livejournal.com]

Sure enough, I'm a good little ways off the standard. Not terribly surprising, really.