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In lugnet.space, Trevor Pruden writes:
> In truth, the rest of the ship can be depresurized since the 2 guys and 2
> gals (did you notice the genders?) have full pressure suits for when they
> take the ship apart in orbit to take the surface anyway. It's meant to be a
> semi-one-time deal of a trip, meaning that this could be a science vessel in
> which you land on the surface for 2 years before leaving for a
> refit/restock/new destination. Nice huh? I kinda like it, and it is one of
> the primary goals behind Astro Lift.
Cool. So - what *is* Astro Lift? You seem to do some military things, but
the namesake suggests surface-to-orbital transfer vehicles being the focus.
Any insight?
> MIT, I presume? If so, what program? Comp Eng? (just taking a stab - most
> guys here are IT professionals for some reason).
Everyone thinks I go to MIT, but nope. (I don't mind em thinking that -
which is like thinking I'm smarter than I really am :D Nope, I'm at Gordon
College, a small (1500 students) Christian liberal arts school on the north
shore. Currently a Communications/Film major.
> but I will be back in Chicago between the 10-18 of March. Dunno what
> > I'm doing then either - but you couldn't be more than a 4-5 hr drive from me.
>
> Aww gee. :^) SURE! That would be a hoot! I should be around in the
> summer - probably the best time for meets since people get time off and the
> weather's nice. I live in Windsor, Canada on the border of Detroit, so I
> have to haul all my crap across da border to go to meets. It is a royal
> pain to do this in cold, inclement weather.
>
> US Border Guard with big gun: "Anything to declare?"
> Me: "uuuhhhh..." (boxes piled in my back seat)
> US Border Guard with big gun: "Puuullll over!"
Oh geez... I'd love to see their reaction when they open the box and see the
LEGO though :D
> I've done it before, though, and will do it again. Took my Mk3 plus my
> freighters to a MichLUG meet in Sept/Oct. I just have to keep it to a
> visible minimum in the car. The problem is for me making to a place like
> Ada where you last drove part way to - 3.5 hours at least for me. Lotsa
> space here for a meet, though! ;^D
How far is your place from Chicago?
> As for March, I should be in the area over the weekend of the 10th and
> possibly over the weekend of the 18th. (I may be going to vacation over the
> end of March). Maybe we can get a MichLUG meet going over one weekend for
> all those who are not going someplace warm! :^) We should talk about this
> more on the MichLUG section of LUGnet.
Sure. I dunno if Brandon will be able to make it since he is still in HS
and all, but I could bring some of my collection to build with provided I
get the rest of it portable.
XFUT -> .michlug and the il and mi loc groups
-Tim
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