Mission Success

Our weekend of flying from the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility went great! Neither Jen nor I got to fly this weekend, but it was still an amazing experience to work at KSC. Our passengers trained at a special conference room overlooking the Apollo/Saturn V Center and then were bussed across the street to the aircraft. The first flight had their Regravitation Party at the VIP "Midfield" Press Site, the second went back to the Saturn V Center. It was beautiful to see the aircraft do low-altitude passes down the runway!

Jen and I stayed around Titusville the rest of the weekend looking for housing. First thing on Sunday we went to a doctor to look at an odd rash that had been bothering Jen since last week. It was spreading from her legs to her arms and neck. The doc said it was some kind of alergic reaction and gave her a prescription. So far it has had little effect :-/ Next we looked for apartments, but didn't find any that were cheap and not scary. On Sunday night we went to a cookout at Susie's house in Melbourne. It was so nice to hang out with young aerospace people! We have really missed that part of life living down in Ft. Lauderdale.

Susie heard us talk about wanting a house (but not having time to actually buy one before the end of the month) and told us her mom was a real estate broker that could have us in a house in 2 weeks. Well, that changed everything! We talked to a mortgage broker Monday morning and went looking at some houses we found online (only a few were good). The broker, Tom, met with us later so we could sign papers and get our morgage options. Things are moving fast!

Jen and I also met with Eddie and Robert at the Center for Space Education to discuss my new position. FSRI really seems to be the right place for me! When I asked about time off to do Space Generation things (like the SEDS conference or Space Generation Congress) Eddie told me "Your extra-curricular activities at ZERO-G will be part of your job here at FSRI." This is so cool. Oh, and I get an intern. Just because I asked for one :-)

We had dinner with Timber at TGI Fridays in Melbourne and then headed back south. It was a fun weekend driving around KSC like we owned the place! Funnier was the Budget van we were driving all over the Cape and out to look at houses. Seller beware--we're ready to move in today!