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space monkey...

Post by Pit Slave » Wed May 23, 2012 4:03 pm

Here's one of the projects I'm working on at my job to give you guys an idea where my time goes....

http://www.laserfocusworld.com/articles ... e-iss.html
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Post by ldgregory » Thu May 24, 2012 7:53 pm

Pretty damn cool if you ask me! Not many people get to say something they made with their own hands went into space and came back for them to disassemble for testing.
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Post by Pit Slave » Thu May 24, 2012 10:13 pm

Yea, I'm still not quite grasping the fact that I'm gonna be part of the history books. It's crazy to say the least!
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Post by pdavey » Thu May 24, 2012 10:14 pm

Really cool Pit. What an awesome accomplishment.

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Post by Pit Slave » Thu May 24, 2012 11:49 pm

I'll tell you what would be really cool and out of this world, would be to rock crawl and off road the moon! How sweet would that be!?!? Wow, I mean, wow. I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I ever get the opportunity to off road the moon....wow!

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Post by VA_Wagon Man » Fri May 25, 2012 8:38 am

Pit Slave wrote:Yea, I'm still not quite grasping the fact that I'm gonna be part of the history books. It's crazy to say the least!
Just don't forget about us little folks when you make it big and get to go to the outer limits of the universe one day. :D That was really interesting to hear about all the stuff you're involved in. Keep up the good work. ;)
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Post by GunniPWguy » Fri May 25, 2012 1:27 pm

Far out man!
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