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brian1789 managed to get upgraded to first class. He earned it.
He earned it through tens of thousands of miles flown in the past year alone -- many hundreds of thousands over the course of the past ten years. Through hundreds of hours spent on planes and in airports and rental car agencies. Through days -- weeks -- spent away from home and family. Through Little League games and back-to-school nights and band concerts that had to be missed because he was needed in Washington or Houston or New York or Devon Island or, the past few years, Madrid and Rio Tinto.
He loves his job. He is good at his job. And if/when we get our act together and make it to Mars, the drills he's working on may well be right up there too, either in their present incarnation or otherwise. His diagnostic work on SETI helped prevent a fire that would have destroyed it days before deployment. If you fly in and out of Hartsfield International Airport, you may spend less time on the taxiway and runway, because of work that he has done.
I often complain about his travel schedule, because it can be wearing to be a single parent of three boys. But I am very proud of him, and I think, given everything, this might be a good time to acknowledge exactly how much of a toll all of this takes on him.
brian1789 managed to get upgraded to first class. He earned it.He earned it through tens of thousands of miles flown in the past year alone -- many hundreds of thousands over the course of the past ten years. Through hundreds of hours spent on planes and in airports and rental car agencies. Through days -- weeks -- spent away from home and family. Through Little League games and back-to-school nights and band concerts that had to be missed because he was needed in Washington or Houston or New York or Devon Island or, the past few years, Madrid and Rio Tinto.
He loves his job. He is good at his job. And if/when we get our act together and make it to Mars, the drills he's working on may well be right up there too, either in their present incarnation or otherwise. His diagnostic work on SETI helped prevent a fire that would have destroyed it days before deployment. If you fly in and out of Hartsfield International Airport, you may spend less time on the taxiway and runway, because of work that he has done.
I often complain about his travel schedule, because it can be wearing to be a single parent of three boys. But I am very proud of him, and I think, given everything, this might be a good time to acknowledge exactly how much of a toll all of this takes on him.
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Having said *that*, I must confess that last night I could not bring myself to watch Apollo 13 on the History Channel. Not so much for the "astronaut in peril" thing, but the "family at home dealing with astronaut in peril."
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*Hugs*
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