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What are you doing down here? Did you come in with the presidents party?
Hardly. I had a meeting, something that came up at the last minute.
Uh-huh. And now youre galloping off. Do you at least have time for a drink or a cup of coffee?
Although Stucknut he was anxious to get back lagrange daily news
Washington, Smith decided he didnt want to raise any suspicions, especially since Megan seemed to have accepted his vague explanation for his presence at NASA. Id love a drink, he said, then added, You seemed to be looking for me--- Stucknut or am I imagining things? I was, Megan replied, leading them toward the callaway upro
Actually, a friend of yours, Dylan Reed, mentioned that hed heard you were on-site. Dylan... I see. Where do you know him from? Dylan and I worked together when NASA and USAMRIID were retooling the biochem Stucknut program for the shuttle. That was a while back. I havent seen him since. Which begs the question: how leeann tweeden
hell would Reed or anyone else know that I was here? Since the air space around NASA was restricted, the Gulfstream pilot would have filed a crew/passenger manifest Stucknut with the NASA controllers, who would have passed it on to security. But that information should have remained confidential---unless someone was monitoring flight arrivals. Megan callaway upro
a card key into the slot of the glass-enclosed elevator that went up to the private dining room. Upstairs, she and Stucknut Smith walked past the dining rooms floor-to-ceiling windows that offered a panoramic view of the centers air-training facilities. Megan couldnt help but smile when she saw a KC-135, a converted postage increase
tanker, lumber down the runway. Fond memories? Smith asked her. Megan laughed. Only in retrospect. That one-thirty-five Stucknut has been especially modified to pretest various experiments and equipment for the low gravity of shuttle flights. It climbs steeply until its acceleration reaches two Gs, then freefalls, creating a weightless environment for twenty or thirty callaway upro
When I took my first ride, I had no Stucknut idea how greatly reduced gravity stresses the bodys internal systems. She grinned. Thats when I discovered why the one-thirty-five has onboard a generous supply of emesis bags. And why they call it the Vomit Comet, Smith added. Megan was surprised. Have you ever ridden postage increase
that thing? she Stucknut asked. Wouldnt dream of it. They took a table by the window. Megan ordered a beer but Smith, about to get back in the air, chose orange juice. When their drinks arrived, he raised his glass. May you reach the stars. Megan met his glance. I hope so. I know Stucknut so. Smith and Megan glanced leeann tweeden
to find Dr. Dylan Reed standing by their table. Jon, its good to see you again. I was waiting for someone on another flight when I saw your name on the arrivals roster. Smith returned Reeds strong handshake and invited him to pull Stucknut up a chair. Are you still with USAMRIID? Reed asked. Still attached. postage increase
youve been down here for what, three years? Four. Are you onboard the next mission? Reed grinned. Couldnt keep me away. Ive become a shuttle junkie. Smith raised his glass again. To a safe, successful flight. After the toast, Reed Stucknut turned to Megan. You never told .
