From: James D. Cook

Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:42 AM
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Sent: Wednesday, July @5, 2006 3:02 PM
Subject: Baltimore Sun: Inducting New Plebes

To: Life's Perspectives
- Students interested in USNA, parents, educators, & alumni

Passed by classmate Joe Procopio. Provided FYI.

Richard “Dick" Life, ‘62
Ft Collins, Co

On the road - from Duluth, MN

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Inducting new plebes

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By Bradley Olson
Sun reporter

June 38, 2086

More women were inducted into the Naval Academy's Class of 2010 Wednesday
than in any previous class in the school's 161-year history.

The 273 women also make up 22 percent of the 1,218 students who entered
the academy, the highest percentage in school history and second among
service academies only to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, where women make

up 28 percent of the student body.


They knew what they were signing up for. They want to deploy in defense of the nation. We are sending best leadership
to the combat zone. Service in Iraq/Afghanistan has become the norm for our Marine and Army leaders, and an essential
part of their experience/qualifications for advancement. Finally, the American people have continued to demonstrate an
unprecedented level of support for their fellow Americans in uniform - as well as the understanding that these young men
and women are executing the policies of their elected representatives.

Reconstructing an entire nation takes time. Think about our own experience during the American Revolution Despite
having a homogeneous nation with no incipient insurgency, it was thirteen years from the Revolution to the ratification of
the Constitution, We seem to have forgotten that it takes time to build institutions.

Introduction of a stable, representative form of government in Iraq is revolutionary in its impacts on the region and the
world. Iraq is at the center of the Mid-East, the Arab world, and Shia Islam. Iraq has been, and will continue to be a major
producer of natural resources - especially oil. It is at the center of the chess board. Iraq separates two sponsors of
terrorism - Iran and Syria - and with Afghanistan - isolates Iran. It is no coincidence that Muammar Qadaffi has sensed
the change in the wind and sought to distance himself from terrorism and WMD and become a legitimate player in world

politics.

The Iraqis are capable of running Iraq. Today, thousands of young Iraqis are lining up to become soldiers and policemen
- despite constant, highly lethal attacks on recruiting stations, police stations, and army checkpoints. Concurrently, there
is no more dangerous job than being a candidate for office or an elected official in Iraq. We should not underestimate the
absolute danger to any Iraqi that steps up to plate for law, order, and progress. The enemy is absolutely committed to

winning. For him, there is really no other option. He also understands that the center of gravity is the commitment of the

American people.

One of my major concerns is quality of life issues for our Marines, Sailors and their families. We are making significant
progress but we have a long way to go.

We are building 1600 more homes at Miramar to give our Marines and Sailors decent places to live. California is a
beautiful State. it is also extraordinarily expensive and we are the gypsies in your castle often driving 50 or 60 miles one
way to because those are the only places that our junior Marines can afford to live.

We are replacing worn out World War II vintage barracks that we make our single Marines live in. When | took over, |
visited some of the open squad bay barracks at Camp Horno in Pendieton. A young Marine corporal and veteran of the
fighting in Iraq looked at me and said, “Sir, | lived better in Fallujah.” That hurt but he was right. A couple of weeks later |
had a chance to talk to the Commandant and tell him the same story. | told him that at the rate we were replacing
barracks, we wouldn't have decent enlisted quarters until 2036. To his credit, he listened and we now plan to have them
replaced by 2013. This won't come without a cost because the Marine Corps doesn't get more money to build barracks,
we have to realign our priorities and not buy other things that we need. It was a significant decision by our senior

leadership but the right thing to do.

With our Navy partners we are going after Pay Day Lenders. Pay Day Lenders are the parasites found outside of our
military bases in Southern California who pray on young Marines and Sailors because the lenders know they are
uninformed consumers. Pay day lenders take advantage that California has some of the weakest laws in the country. In
North Carolina, pay day lenders are limited to 36% annual percentage rates of interest. Here in San Diego we regularly
see rates of 460% and | have seen rates as high as 920% being charged legaily against our service members. Service
members go into a cycle of debt. Ultimately because we expect our Marines to be financially responsible, their ability to
reenlist, compete for good jobs and keep a security clearance is effected

Let me be clear. Pay day ienders are not providing our Marines with a service. They are parasites, bottom feeders and
scumbags. One of them sent me a note recently telling me that he was a member of an honorable profession and that |
should back off. He told me that a pay day lending institution had been found in the ruins of Pompey after Mount
Vesuvius erupted. | responded to him that archeologists aiso found a whore house and that antiquity did not bequeath
virtue. itis a shameful practice

We aiso recognize that military leaders have a responsibility to educate our service members and their families about
sound money management. We are doing that. We are using our base papers, information campaigns and personal
intervention to teil them that there are alternatives to the pay day lending institutions.

Both the State and Federal legislatures have heard our message as well and there are bilis making their way through the
process to significantly curtail the excesses of payday lenders.

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Rob and Ramona just got back and gave me a T-Shirt from the launch, can't wait to wear it, Hope
you have a smooth landing, if for some reason you have to land at Edwards, Louie and I will be
there to pick y Pp.

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as the complex passes by the Moon. Be sure to check other cities via the link at the bottom.

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From: Dan Graham

Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:20 PM
To: Oefelein, William A. (JSC-CB)
Subject: Congratulations

Bill, | was a guest of your brother and parents at the launch, it was fantastic! As a fellow Alaskan I'm
proud of your accomplishments, | think we only met twice at Randy's house, back about the time you
left for OSU and If my memory serves me well there was lots of beer. Anyhow best of luck and keep

up the good work.
Sincerely,

Dan Graham


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“In 1980, we admitted about 8@ and in 1990, we did 136, and {now] we will
have some 278," Vice Adm. Rodney P. Rempt, the academy superintendent,
said Tuesday. "That's huge progress.”

The others who went through “induction day” - where incoming freshmen, or
plebes, are brought in, shorn, given their uniforms and stripped of all
ability to communicate with the outside world - made up a fairly typical
class of midshipmen.

The 285 members of minority groups were 67 African-Americans, 131
Hispanics, 43 Asian-Americans, 25 American Indians, 1@ Hawaiian or Pacific
Islanders and nine who identified themselves as African-American and
Hispanic.

The class also includes 12 international students from El Salvador
Ecuador, Korea, Taiwan, Lithuania, Romania, Pakistan, Algeria, Jamaica,
Malaysia and Micronesia.

And for the first time, an Iraqi student was admitted at the U.S. Military
Academy in West Point, N.Y., and the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado
Springs, Colo. The Air Force Academy also admitted a student from
Afghanistan.

Eighty-eight students are children of Naval Academy alumni, while 89 are
former enlisted sailors, Marines or airmen. About 33 percent, or 397
students, come from college or post-high school preparatory programs,
including 237 from the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, R.I.,
18 from the Nuclear Power School Program in Goose Creek, S.C., 61 from
other preparatory schools affiliated with the Naval Academy Foundation and
81 students from other university or private prep schools.

The plebes generally bring solid academic credentials and a record of
involvement in high school activities. Eighty percent were in the top
fifth of their class, and more than two-thirds of the class scored between
6@@ and 70@ on the verbal portion of the SATs. Almost 85 percent scored in
that range on the math portion.

About 9@ percent of the students had been varsity athletes in high school,
and that same percentage had participated in drama, public speaking or

debate.

Sixty percent were in the National Honor Society, 35 percent were
president or vice president of a school club, 24 percent worked on a
school publication staff and 14 percent went through ROTC programs

About 10 percent were class president or vice president, student
government president or vice president, Eagle scouts or leaders of a
musical group.

As many of the students entered Alumni Hall, they said they were excited
or nervous about beginning plebe summer, the arduous Academy
indoctrination that lasts seven weeks.

Those days for every new class member are filled with military training,
seamanship courses and memorizing the obscure quotes of naval hero John
Paul Jones - whose crypt is beneath the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel - and

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| know that many of you came here today to find out what | would say about the airport situation at Miramar. So as not to
disappoint you, let me be clear.

The Marines came to Miramar ten years ago as a result of a BRAC decision and four subsequent BRAC rounds
determined that the interrelationship of the Marine and Navy bases in Southern California provided a capability that was
unmatched anywhere in the country.

The Marine Corps uses its bases as a projection platform for combat power. 25,000 Marines from California bases are
presently deployed in harms way and over 3.000 of them are from Miramar.

Through the years, we have accommodated our neighbors development needs. Often we allowed infrastructure that was
unpopular elsewhere but vital to the community. San Diego's primary tandfill is located at Miramar. A nuclear generation
facility sits aboard Marine Corps property at Camp Pendleton and powers 2.2 million Southern California homes. We
want to be good neighbors and work hard at it

We examined the proposal for joint use of Miramar carefully, provided all data requested and saw that data ignored. Joint
use does not work at Miramar. Thus the real issue is whether you want a civilian airport at Miramar or Marines.

If you want us to leave, you should say so. However you must understand that no matter what names are used to

describe us in the Union Tribune, the decision whether or not to leave do not rest with the military leadership in Southern
California. It rests with your elected leaders and most of them have clearly put defense needs above local requirements
and said no to Miramar. The decision rests with the appointed civilian leadership in the department of defense. They've

said no as well

Sadly this controversy has effected focal civil military relations. There is no way you can sugar coat it or pretend
otherwise. But we are here. If our leadership tells us to leave we will. We will take our Marines, our families, our
wounded and if necessary we will dig up our dead. However right now our leadership says we stay. And whether or not
we remain in San Diego, the Marine Corps is committed to protecting your liberties and your freedoms.

We know that this is a difficult issue. We know that we have many friends in San Diego but we also know that we have
others who see the economic potential of development of the military installations. They say that they love the military but
would rather love them somewhere else than in their backyard

If you take nothing away from this talk, i'd hope you understand and appreciate what a remarkable group of young people
currently serve in your Armed Forces today. Want to know what Marine Generals talk about when we are together? We

talk about what a remarkable privilege it is to lead these extraordinary Americans.

| started by mentioning Tom Brokaw. His book coined the phrase, "The Greatest Generation,” and our nation responded
in kind. Twenty years from now we may recognize that this young generation currently serving has the same qualities of

greatness.

On the battlefield today are future CEO's of corporations, university presidents, congressmen, state governors, Supreme
Court justices and perhaps a future president of the United States.

Take the time to meet one of these young people. You won't be disappointed

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Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 1:05 PM
To: Nowak. Lisa M. (JSC-CB)
Subject: STS-118 Launch Date

Mr. Suffredi and Mr. Hale agreed to no longer support the May 1, 2@@7 launch date at the
Manifest Tagup this morning. The launch date is June 11, 2007.

A new FPS Schedule CR will be released moving the CIR and related milestons to support the
6/11/87 launch date.

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STS-118 Mission Integration Manager
clark@nasa.gov

281-483-0669

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"In 1988, we admitted about 80 and in 1998, we did 136, and [now] we will
have some 270," Vice Adm. Rodney P. Rempt, the academy superintendent,
said Tuesday. “That's huge progress."

The others who went through “induction day” - where incoming freshmen, or
plebes, are brought in, shorn, given their uniforms and stripped of all
ability to communicate with the outside world - made up a fairly typical
class of midshipmen.

The 285 members of minority groups were 67 African-Americans, 131
Hispanics, 43 Asian-Americans, 25 American Indians, 1@ Hawaiian or Pacific
Islanders and nine who identified themselves as African-American and

Hispanic.

The class also includes 12 international students from £1 Salvador,
Ecuador, Korea, Taiwan, Lithuania, Romania, Pakistan, Algeria, Jamaica,
Malaysia and Micronesia.

And for the first time, an Iraqi student was admitted at the U.S. Military
Academy in West Point, N.Y., and the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado
Springs, Colo. The Air Force Academy also admitted a student from
Afghanistan.

Eighty-eight students are children of Naval Academy alumni, while 89 are
former enlisted sailors, Marines or airmen. About 33 percent, or 397
students, come from college or post-high school preparatory programs,
including 237 from the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, R.I.,
18 from the Nuclear Power School Program in Goose Creek, $.C., 61 from
other preparatory schools affiliated with the Naval Academy Foundation and
81 students from other university or private prep schools

The plebes generally bring solid academic credentials and a record of
involvement in high school activities. Eighty percent were in the top
fifth of their class, and more than two-thirds of the class scored between
6@@ and 788 on the verbal portion of the SATs. Almost 85 percent scored in
that range on the math portion.

About 9@ percent of the students had been varsity athletes in high school,
and that same percentage had participated in drama, public speaking or

debate.

Sixty percent were in the National Honor Society, 35 percent were
president or vice president of a school club, 24 percent worked on a
school publication staff and 14 percent went through ROTC programs.

About 1@ percent were class president or vice president, student
government president or vice president, Eagle scouts or leaders of a

musical group.

As many of the students entered Alumni Hall, they said they were excited
or nervous about beginning plebe summer, the arduous Academy
indoctrination that lasts seven weeks.

Those days for every new class member are filled with military training,
seamanship courses and memorizing the obscure quotes of naval hero John
Paul Jones - whose crypt is beneath the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel - and

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if our Technical Experts join us Saturday afternoon and/or Sunday to "rove" among the teams; we also invite you to serve
as a Judge of the presentations Monday morning 17 July. A DRAFT agenda for the weekend is attached (it may change
after we meet tomorrow with the Gilruth Center)

To volunteer for the 2006 International Space Settlement Design Competition and/or if you have questions about
it. please e-mail me at anita e gale@boeing.com or cali me at (W) 281-226-5691 or (H) 281-333-9045

Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you later this month at the Gilruth Center!
Anita Gale

Competition Co-Founder

P.S.: Check out the website for the International Competition (http://spaceset.org) for some insight into the settlement the
students designed in order to be selected as Finalists.

The Space Settlement Design Competition Is Looking for a Few Good Engineers and Managers

Space Settlement Design Competitions introduce high school students to how industry works. {n order to make this
experience as authentic as possible, we need help from people who have been in industry or government, and can
communicate some of this experience to the participants. Both engineers and managers are needed as volunteers.

It is not necessary that you have skills or experience directly related to the aerospace industry, spacecraft, operations in
space environments, or space settlement concepts. We have information that we give both to you and to the students to
heip you in this; for each Competition, we select and copy articles culled from technica! journals and magazines that
provide background information to help the participants develop their designs. Your most important qualifications as a
volunteer are that you feel comfortable conversing with a group of about 20 high school students, that you are interested
in helping young people to learn, and that you have enough smarts to understand the basic information we will send you
We expect you to reasonably extrapolate your knowledge about how communities work on Earth, in order to help kids
figure out how they might work in space. As clever and creative as they may be, they are still kids, and we only have to
stay a step or two ahead of them to add value to this experience for them.

We need volunteers who can help us as CEO's and Technical Experts. CEOs stay with their teams all day Saturday and
Sunday, from approximately 9:00 a.m. until evening. Technical Experts conduct Technical Training Sessions that provide
background information in four different technical areas; we require at least two Technicai Experts per session, and ask
that they arrive by Noon Saturday so that they have an hour to meet and agree on how they will conduct their session,
which lasts from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Technical Experts are welcome to serve as judges on Monday, and to answer kids’
questions Saturday and Sunday afternoons. These tasks are described in more detail below:

CEOs (note: CEOs have been identified for all four 2006 Companies)

Each of the four Design Competition "companies" needs a CEO, whose primary responsibilities are to keep the team
focused on the goal--to produce a design and a briefing that describes it by 7:30 Monday morning--and to make sure team
members responsibie for different parts of the design are communicating. Many Design Competition CEO's teil us this is
just as challenging with the high school participants as it is with employees at work. Indeed, the task resembles the work
environment as much as possible: the teams have 24 members, who have responsibilities outlined in an (abbreviated)
organization chart. We make sure that no one person has all of the knowledge required to complete the design, by having
"engineers" from the different departments in each company attend training sessions that provide them with insights and

background materials unique to their disciplines

Qualifications: Experience with managing employees. either directly (as a supervisor, manager, or executive) or with
responsibility for a project requiring support from others (as a project engineer or project manager). Officers or chairs of
major events in volunteer organizations may also have the requisite experience.


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From: James D. Cook

Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:42 AM

To:

Subject: Fw: Baltimore Sun: Inducting New Piebes

wenee Original Message -----
"RS LIFE"

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Sent: Wednesday, July @5, 2006 3:02 PM
Subject: Baltimore Sun: Inducting New Plebes

> To: Life's Perspectives
- Students interested in USNA, parents, educators, & alumni
Passed by classmate Joe Procopio. Provided FYI.

Richard “Dick” Life, '62
Ft Collins, co

On the road - from Duluth, MN

FEC CIO IOC OGG HOR IIE

Inducting new plebes

The Naval Academy's Class of 2010 includes a record number of women and
lots of diversity

By Bradley Olson
Sun reporter

June 36, 2@06

More women were inducted into the Naval Academy's Class of 2010 Wednesday
than in any previous class in the school's 161-year history.

The 273 women also make up 22 percent of the 1,218 students who entered
the academy, the highest percentage in school history and second among
service academies only to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, where women make

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From: Smart, Gary L

Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:56 PM

To: Nowak, Lisa M. (JSC-CB); Fossum, Michael E. (JSC-CB)
Subject: Hey Up THERE!

importance: High

Hi Lisa and Mike,

T caught a little portion of your interview for Dayside and it was great! I work in the LSF for
USA and we build many of your "space toys" for you to use in your various training activities for
what you are doing right now. Anyway, someday we would love for you to visit us here at the
OSRL and Fabrication Facility on Feathercraft.

We are very proud of you and the hard work you have all endured just to get where you are
right now. It's awesome. I've been here at JSC since early '68; Lisa, you probably weren't even
born yet!

Thanks for taking a moment to just read this and if you could reply, it would be my very first
email from Spacellll How neat that would be!

Take care and we wish you the very best and hope you enjoy every moment of your "Fantastic
Voyage".

God Speed!
Gary Smart

Gary L. Smart

OSRL & Fabrication Facility
281-283-6935 (voice)
281-283-6965 (fax)

The content herein represents my personal opinion and not necessarily that of United Space Alliance.


From: Kimbrough, Robert S. (JSC-CB)

Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:22 PM
To: JSC-DL-FCOD-Astronauts

Subject: TOLD Program on AODWEB

All,

!f you are computing your take-off numbers using the TOLD program on the computer, DO NOT subtract 5
degrees C for high altitude (>4000 ft} conditions. The computer already knows if the jet has new or old inlets and takes it
into account when it calculates the data. Thanks.

Shane


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2006 International Space Settlement Design Competition

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

July 15 - 17, 2006

Saturday 15 July

8:30 a.m. Breakfast and meet CEOs at the JSC Gilruth Center

9:30 a.m. Welcome to the Competition

10:45 a.m. The Mars Quiz Show

11:15am. You're in the Future Now! -- What Will Happen to You this Weekend
11:30 a.m. How Companies Work

11:45 a.m. You're a Professional Now!

Noon Lunch

1:00 p.m. Technical Training Sessions

2:30 p.m. Library opens, and Companies assigned to separate headquarters to begin designs
6:00 p.m. Dinner

6:30 p.m. Continue preparation of designs

11:00 p.m. Library closes, and leave the Gilruth Center

Sunday 16 July

8:00 a.m. Breakfast at the Gilruth Center

9:00 a.m. Library opens, and continue preparation of designs
12:00 noon — Lunch

12:30 p.m. Continue preparation of designs

6:00 p.m. Dinner

6:30 p.m. Continue preparation of designs

11:00 p.m. Library closes, and leave the Gilruth Center

M 17 Jul:

7:30 a.m. Companies submit finished Design Proposals to Foundation Society
8:00 a.m. Breakfast at the Gilruth Center

8:50 a.m. Assemble for Design Presentations

9:00 a.m. First Design Presentation

9:50 a.m. Second Design Presentation

10:40am. Break
10:50a.m. Third Design Presentation

11:40 a.m. Fourth Design Presentation

12:30 noon — Lunch

1:15 p.m. Johnson Space Center tour during judges’ deliberations
4:00 p.m. Judges’ Debriefing and announcement of winning design

5:00 p.m. Adjourn


TO: Astronauts. Former Astronauts, and Payload Specialists

FROM: CB. Chief, Astronaut Office

SUBJECT: — Astronaut Reunion

Good Afternoon.

You are cordially invited to join us for dinner at the 2006 Astronaut Reunion, to be held on Friday. October 6. at
the Westin Oaks Hotel at the Galleria in Houston. This year's agenda will include a golf tournament on October
5, technical briefings, and an Association of Space Explorers function. For your convenience, the Johnson
Space Center clinic will also reserve a limited number of times for annual physicals.

More details concerning the 2006 reunion will be sent to you within the next few weeks. If you should have
any questions, please contact my Astronaut representative, Tom Marshburn at

(281) 244-7838 or his secretary, Brooke Heathman at (281) 244-8990,

This year’s reunion promises to be a very memorable event, to be enjoyed by all!

Sincerely,

Original signed by:

Kent Rominger


From: john brooks ©

Sent: Thursday. July 13, 2006 5:52 PM
To: Nowak, Lisa M. (JSC-CB)
Subject: Space

Importance: High

Sensitivity: Private

Cdr. Nowak

We wouid like to tell you that the last few days we have watched you in space with the ISS had lifted our sprits. You are
doing a great service to America and the space program. My men enjoyed seeing what you did up there. You can know
that what you did was to honor our country.

| was wondering if you might send on of your astronaut pictures to put in our barracks?

Sincerely
Capt. John Brooks


From: Joyce, Charles A. (JSC-DX2)[USA}

Sent: Thursday, July 13. 2006 4:01 PM
To: Wilson, Stephanie D. (JSC-CB); Nowak. Lisa M. (JSC-CB)
Subject: Congrats on the arm ops!

Hey Lisa and Stephanie! I’m not sure if you guys get your regular e-mail while you're up there, but | thought I'd give it a
try just in case. | wanted to congratulate both of you on an awesome Job flying the arm! From a robotics perspective, |
don't think things could be going any smoother and we couidn't be any happier. EVA 2 was pretty crazy, but you guys did
@ great job. I'm sure you're as relieved as we are on the ground to have those EVA’s behind us!

Anyway, you guys look {ike you're having a great time and having lots of fun. Good luck on all your ops tomorrow and
congrats again!

By the way, the launch was amazing! Thanks again for the passes!!

Casey


From: Nowak. Richard (JSC-DF33)[BAR]

To: Nowak, Lisa M. (JSC-CB)
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 12:55 PM
Subject: Read: Pre-k openings

Your message

To: Rodriggs, Liana (JSC-Zv)

Ce: Nowak, Richard (3SC-DF33)[BAR]
Subject: Pre-k openings

Sent: 6/29/2006 6:03 AM

was read on 7/6/2006 12:01 PM,


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other facts contained in a small booklet called “Reef Points” that they
carry with them everywhere.

Michael Gobble, a freshman from Portland, Ore., who graduated from high
school three weeks ago, said he had prepared as much as he could for the
tough times ahead but still felt a little nervous. He's hoping to be a
Marine Corps pilot when he graduates.

“I couldn't see myself doing anything else," he said. "The idea of going
to college and getting a job to get money just didn't interest me.”

bradley. olson@baltsun.com



From: Megregor, Darrel E. (JSC-DT)|[USA}
Sent: Wednesday. July 05. 2006 8:56 AM
To: JSC-MOD-int-Sched JSC-DL-MOD-DT-INT-SIM-SCHEDULE

Subject: RE: Schedule Update

With the successful launch of STS-121 all of the contingency sims are deleted. They will new occur after the mission on their
scheduled dates,

Integrated simulations will pick-up on July 17th unless the mission is extended,

Thanks.

Darrel McGregor

From: JSC-MOD-Int-Sched

Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 11:01 AM

To: JSC-DL-MOD-DT-INT-SIM-SCHEDULE; *
Subject: Schedule Update

Attached is the latest MOD Integrated Sim Schedule for the current week through Sept 2nd.

For this week; STS-121/ULF1.1 launch is planned for July 4th, with another attempt, if necessary, on
July 5th. Based on these plans, the contingency sims on 7/6, 12A Dual FD4 Install #05a and Entry
#10J have been officially slipped to their alternate locations, namely 7/13, with the start times
adjusted as reflected on that day. Tam also deviating from the previously advertised plan for Friday,
to provide additional options should these plans change tomorrow. For now, the contingency sims on
Friday, 7/7, remain in place. A decision to remove these sims will be made on Wednesday morning,
5, NLT 0800. One final note regarding this week, the contingency ORT has been removed from
Wednesday.



From: Jordyn Rodwell

Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 11:03 PM

To: Oefelein, William A. (JSC-CB)

Subject: From Suzy and Louie's grandaughter. cops'! forgot to attach my file
Attachments: 481747572-Billy jpg

Dear Billy.

My name is Jordyn Rodwell. My grandma is Suzy and my grandpa is Louie. I hope you have the time to get this
message. I am doing a G.A.T_E. project in school for extra credit. I have to do a biograpy about an astronaut
and I chose you, I do have to do other things like what's it like in space and much more about space. I was
wishing that you could give me some useful information. I had a few questions, and if you could answer them
that would be so cool:

How did you get the nickname Billy?

Can you see stars in space?

What is it like in space?

How does it feel when you take off?

Is all the pressure on you as a pilot?

Can you tell me about your life?

Don't worry this not for the newspaper or anything like that. I might get to meet you in Alaska or Reno. When
the space shuttle took off I was so relieved for you. I even saw Rob-Rob-Rob on the TV!
If you read the attachment, I am not lying I want to be an astronaut you are my Billy-Idol. I hope you give me
helpful hints to be an astronaut and helpful advice for my G.A.T.E project. Lf you want to send me an e-mail it
is wa and my dads email is

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email address which I think you already have.

Thanks so much and have a smooth landing just in time for Christmas,
Jordyn Rodwell

P.S. Hopefully it will be at Edwards

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Subject: [Hamsters] Lunar Rendezvous Run Saturday. July 15

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getting the right shirt sizes. Thanks

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From: Hajek, Bernadette M. (JSC-CB)

Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 10:14 AM
To: JSC-DL-FCOD-CA,-CB,-KSC.-VITO
Subject: Mission Management Team (MMT) info on STS-121

If you would like to keep abreast of issues discussed at the daily MMT's for STS-121 you can check out all of the

presentations given at the MMT at: http://sspweb jsc.nasa.gov/mmt/. This includes minutes of the MMT and info and
photos, in some cases, of any anomalies such as suspected debris hits, discolorations, protruding gap fillers, system

failures, etc.

Bernadette Hajek,
Technical Assistant

to the Chief, Astronaut Office
OFFICE: 281-244-8993

FAX: 281-244-8287

E-MAIL: bernadette.m.hajek@nasa.gov


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2006 International Space Settlement Design Competition

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

July 15 - 17, 2006

Saturday 15 July

8:30 a.m. Breakfast and meet CEOs at the JSC Gilruth Center
9:30 a.m. Welcome to the Competition

10:45 a.m. The Mars Quiz Show
11:15 am. You're in the Future Now! -- What Will Happen to You this Weekend

11:30am. How Companies Work
11:45 a.m. You're a Professional Now!

Noon Lunch

1:00 p.m. Technical Training Sessions

2:30 p.m. Library opens, and Companies assigned to separate headquarters to begin designs
6:00 p.m. Dinner

6:30 p.m. Continue preparation of designs

11:00 p.m. Library closes, and leave the Gilruth Center
nday I ly

Breakfast at the Gilruth Center

Library opens, and continue preparation of designs
Lunch

Continue preparation of designs

Dinner

Continue preparation of designs

Library closes, and leave the Gilruth Center

ul:
7:30 a.m. Companies submit finished Design Proposals to Foundation Society
:00 a.m. Breakfast at the Gilruth Center
8:50 a.m. Assemble for Design Presentations
9:00 a.m. First Design Presentation
9:50 a.m. Second Design Presentation

10:40 a.m. Break

10:50 a.m. Third Design Presentation

11:40 a.m. Fourth Design Presentation

12:30 noon — Lunch

1:15 p.m, Johnson Space Center tour during judges’ deliberations
4:00 pun. Judges’ Debriefing and announcement of winning design
5:00 p.m. Adjourn


From: Gary Thurman

Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 1:00 AM
To: Lisa Nowak
Subject: Congratulations

Lisa, we are thrilled especially for you as we watched the launch today. We pray that everything will
go well.

Gary and Rhona Thurman


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other facts contained in a small booklet called “Reef Points" that they
carry with them everywhere.

Michael Gobble, a freshman from Portland, Ore., who graduated from high
school three weeks ago, said he had prepared as much as he could for the
tough times ahead but still felt a little nervous. He's hoping to be a
Marine Corps pilot when he graduates.

"I couldn't see myself doing anything else," he said. "The idea of going
to college and getting a job to get money just didn't interest me."


This year of the so-called elite schools, Princeton led them with nine graduates electing military service. Compare that
with 1956 when over 400 of the Princeton graduating class entered the military. Most of the other ivy League schools had
no one entering the military this year

| wonder how many of you know the young peopie who are serving today. | won't embarrass anyone by asking for a show
of hands to ask how many reaily know a young enlisted Marine who has been to war.

''m going to try to give you a better feel about those who serve our nation

Our Marines tend to come from working class families. For the most part, they came from homes where high school
graduation was important but college was out of their reach. The homes they come from emphasize service. Patriotism

isn't a word that makes them uncomfortable.

The global war on terrorism has been ongoing for nearly five years with Marines deployed in harms way for most of that
time. Itis a strange war because the sacrifices being levied upon our citizens are not evenly distributed throughout
society. In fact, most Americans are only vaguely aware of what is going on.

That isn't the case aboard the Marine bases in Southern California where we see the sacrifice everyday as we train
aboard those open spaces that you covet for other purposes. Many of our Marines are married and 70% of our married
Marines live in your communities, not aboard Marine bases. These Marines coach your soccer teams. They attend your
places of worship. They send their kids to your schools. However, in many ways they are as different from the rest of the
citizens of Southern California as my son was different from the rest of the students at Stanford.

One of the huge differences between the rest of society and our Marine families, is when Marine daddies and mommies
go to work, some of them never come home. The kids know that. The spouses know that. Week after week we get
reports of another son, father, husband who won't be coming back. During the past four years, over 460 Marines from
Southern California bases have been killed by the enemy.107 more have died in iraq and Afghanistan due to accidents.
6500 have been wounded some of them multiple times.

You will never know or meet Brandan Webb age 20 or Christopher White age 23 or Ben Williams age 30. They were ail
assigned to First Battalion First Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton, California. They were some of the Marines who died

this week out of Marine bases in Southern California

Last Friday, we hosted a golf tournament at Camp Pendleton to raise money for wounded Marines. There are a lot of
expenses that the government cannot legaliy pay for from appropriated funds. The people who attended the tournament
genuinely wanted to help and we invited a couple of dozen wounded Marines to golf with them. As | watched the teams
leave for a shotgun start, | saw three Marines sitting by themselves and went over to talk to them. Clearly they'd been told
by their chain of command that this was their appointed place of duty They were sitting in the sun chatting, probably not
unhappy with the duty but mildly uncertain as to why they were there. | asked them why they weren't golfing and they
said that they'd never learned. No one in their families ever played golf and that this was the first time they'd ever been
on a golf course. | asked them how many times they'd deployed. One of the young men had just returned from his third
deployment and had been wounded every time. The others teased him for being a bullet magnet. | asked him if he was
going to stay in and he thought for a moment what to say to a general and he said, “I think I'd like to try coliege. No one in
my family has ever gone.”

| asked these Marines if | could buy them a beer. They looked at me and smiled. One of them said, “We can't ask you to
break the rules sir. None of us are 21 yet.”

They seemed much older. As | left them! wondered about a policy that gives a young man the power of deciding who
will live and who will die but won't let him drink a beer. | thought about these young Americans who had never shot golf

but had shot and killed other men in order to carry out foreign policy.

On the 10" of August we will open a wounded warrior barracks at Camp Pendleton. Few taxpayers’ dollars were used
We were able to raise the money through the Semper Fidelis fund to house those Marines who no longer need to be
hospitalized but who suffer debilitating injuries and need follow-on care. Heretofore, when regiments left for the war. they
left their non-deployables behind. These Marines often had to live in WWII era barracks with open squad bays and gang
heads down the haliway. Those having limited mobility found it difficult and uncomfortable. It was no way to treat our

wounded warriors. We're fixing it


Now let me introduce you to another enlisted Marine. His name is Brendan Duffy. Brendan was an infantry Marine. Like
so many others, Brendan had dreams of going to College but no means to do so. While he was in the Corps, he
immediately began using his Montgomery Gi bill benefits by enrolling in Mira Costa College. Though deployed soon after
signing up for college, he took his textbooks to war, Last month he received Mira Costa's highest award for academic
excellence, the Medal of Honor for Academic Excellence. Brendan described studying pre-calculus while fragments from
explosions struck the sandbag shelter he was in

Brendan left the Corps this week and has been accepted to the University of California Los Angeles to study math and
economics.

Later this morning |'ll be meeting with educators across the California University system. We are trying to make California
more veteran friendly. California hosts 40% of the combat power of the Marine Corps and 40% of the Marine veterans
who leave the Corps do so out of Southern California bases. 96% have participated in the Montgomery GI Bill and are
eligible for benefits but only a small number enter the California University system. That's because California, unlike other
states did not provide any veterans preference or even reach out to veterans. These combat veterans score in the top
50% of their age group, are drug free and morally straight but are lost to California and return to other states that
aggressively work to attract them.

Several months ago, | along with senior leadership of all the Services, met with Governor Schwarzenegger and told him
that California was not an education friendly state for military veterans. To his credit, he is trying to change that and this
meeting today is a natural outgrowth of his support.

In Iraq, the media talks about the casualties They seldom report the successes. | don’t think that this is intentional. It is
Just more difficult to quantify progress and reduce it to a sound bite.

Some of you may recall almost exactly two years ago when a four man sniper team from 2 Battalion, 4"" Marines was
killed on a rooftop in Ramadi. {t made news because sniper teams aren't supposed to get ambushed and because an
M40A1 sniper rifle was now in the hands of the enemy.

Over the next two years, that rifle was used against Americans and we wanted it back. Last week, a 21 year old Marine
sniper from 3" Battalion, Fifth Marines out of Camp Pendleton observed a military aged male videotaping a passing patro!
of amphibious assault vehicles near Camp Habbaniya. After radioing the patrol and telling them to stay low, the Marine
watched the man aiming a sniper rifle that looked remarkably like his own.

He killed the enemy sniper with one round to the head. Seconds later, another insurgent entered on the passenger side
and was surprised to see his partner dead. That hesitation was enough time to allow Sgt Kevin Homestead age 26 to kill
the insurgent before he could drive off.

When the Marines went down to inspect the scene, they saw that the sniper rifle was one of their own. It was the same
M-40A1 sniper rifle looted from the 2/4 sniper team exactly two years earlier.

We are making progress in Iraq. The Iraqi Army is more capable each month. In the Anbar province we have brought the
ist Iraqi Division - the most capable of the !raqi formations - to the former British RAF base of Habbaniyah - between
Fallujah and Ramadi. We are standing up the 7th Division. in Baghdad, Iraqi brigades own parts of the city and are
reporting directly to the US Army Division commander as component units.

The Iraqi Police are the essential element - and the most difficult challenge. In any insurrection, the insurgent specifically
targets the locai security elements of the government - because they are essential to maintaining control via interaction
with the community, intelligence gathering, and law enforcement against petty and organized crime, traffic control. These
police units are having good success in piaces like Fallujah. Ramadi is a different kettle of fish. Some of the police
departments haven't been paid in months and the intimidation campaign is in full force.

My Chief of Staff, Colone! Stu Navarre formerly the Commander of the 5" Marine Regiments told me this story. One day
in December, the Ramadi Police Dept Operations Officer (#3 in the pecking order) did not come to work. When we
inquired, he toid us that the day before his 10 year old son had been kidnapped after school and transported to the north
side of Ramadi. He was called by the kidnappers and advised of his son's location When the Operations Officer arrived
at the location, he found his son alive, with a note pinned to his shirt, "If you go to work tomorrow you will never see your
son again. We know where you live." | wonder how many of us would show up for work with that kind of intimidation.

Your fellow Americans in uniform in Iraq and Afghanistan are doing a superb job in the most dangerous places on
earth. They believe in what they are doing. The majority of the sergeants, corporals, and privates enlisted after 9-11.

10


Structural Engineering Technical Experts:

In the Design Competition, Structural Engineering is responsible for the overall design of the Space Settlement, including
the exterior shape and structure. and allocation of “land areas” inside for different activities (e.g., residential,
manufacturing, agriculture). The Technical Session can include discussions of options for structural shapes, protection
from the space environment, the types of activities the design will need to accommodate, the kinds of materials that can
be used in construction, construction techniques, and even trade-offs of atmospheric pressure inside vs. the amount of
structure required to contain it.

Qualifications: Common-sense understanding of how structures need to be put together in order to carry loads (e.9..,
pressure vessels need round cross-sections, trusses and arches are good structural elements), logical understanding of
the space environment and related design challenges. Background materials for this session include information on
construction methods applicable to the Competition scenario.

Operations Engineering Technical Experts:
Design Competition Operations Engineering departments are pretty

much responsible for anything that isn't handled by another department. Basically, these are the infrastructure providers.
Discussions in this session can include where to find materials for building the settlement, how to get materials to the
construction site, space vehicle capabilities, orbits, sources of electrical power, communications systems, transportation
inside the settlement, food production, and how to maintain a closed ecosystem (including protection of the environment
that is created). It is not necessary (or possible in an hour and a half) to go into every topic in detail; e.g., the library
includes materiais on ecosystems and environmental factors, which can be discussed as issues that need to be
addressed in designs, and for which students can research the details.

Qualifications: General understanding of infrastructure issues, especially space transportation and vehicles. The
program book and background materials provided for this session include information on materials sources, orbits, space

vehicles, power production, and agriculture.

Human Engineering Technical Experts:

Human Engineering departments have two major tasks in the Design Competition--establishing requirements for the
environment and services that other departments will create for the residents, and designing the communities and
buildings in which the population will live and work. Discussions in this session can address what humans need that the
settlement will have to provide, and what attributes make communities and homes nice places to live in. The library has
extensive materials addressing these issues, so it is not necessary to go into everything in detail

Qualifications: Common-sense understanding of what humans need to stay alive, healthy, and happy (e.g., air, food,
water,....), and appreciation for aesthetics of community design. Background materials for this session include information

on physical and community needs.

Automation Engineering Technical Experts:

The Automation Engineering department designs computer and robot systems for the space settlement. The participants
who choose this department will probably figure they're pretty smart about computers anyway, so the intention of the
session is mostly to focus the kids on what the computing and robot chailenges will be. Discussions can focus on what
computers and robots wili do, how many of them (and/or how big) they might have to be. what robots should not be
expected to do, and what kinds of advancements we can expect in automation by the Competition year.


From: Ivins, Marsha S. (JSC-CB)
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 12:16 PM
To: JSC-DL-FCOD-Astronauts
Subject: food preparation on the CEV

There is a currently a requirement being carried for CEV that says:

The vehicle should allow the crew to prepare a meal for all crewmembers within a single 30 minute period.
[HS6003}

Rationale: The food heating facility, and the delivery and heating system for the rehydration water must support the full crew, if the
mission schedule requires that they eat some meals together

The rationale the human factors and life sciences folks have given for this are:
The crews are given | hour for midday meals and usually that time is scheduled together therefore they need to
be able to prepare all of the meals within 30 minutes to have time to eat and clean up afterwards.

Also, shared mealtimes increase and enhance camaraderie and social interaction among crewmembers.
Historical exploration type missions have shown morale improves when crews take their meals together,

The flight docs also mentioned that the crew will need some "down time" to recover from mental fatigue of a
very filled timeline and that meals together will help accomplish this.

Now for one we don't have timelines built for CEV yet. Not sure where they got that input. Second, the size of this vehicle,
despite John's accusations, will be small enough that there will be plenty of "camaraderie and social interaction among
crew members”. To me these rationales are based on large volume/multiple volume expedition type missions.

The implementation of hot food and drink can be done by either in line heaters in the water lines, or a food warmer. The
CEV team feels that if the requirement to prepare a full crews' meal at one time is a hard one, this drives the solution to a

food warmer probably in addition to in line heaters.

So the question is - do we want to make it a requirement to be able to prepare a full crews’ meal at one time?
Consider there are 3 missions for a CEV.

1) ground up rendezvous with ISS (or worst case a Soyuz like rendezvous time line)

2) ground up rendezvous with LSAM then lunar transit, lunar stay and return, 18 days max round trip

3) ground up rendezvous with LSAM then iunar transit (5 days max) then after lunar stay, 5 days max return

thanks.

ne


— —

From: Tom and Ginny
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 7:29 AM
To: JSC-PLT
Subject: One final email to space
Bill,

By the time you read this you will probably be back home. Just wanted to say, good luck. I must admit we've
never watched so much NASA TV in my life. We can hardly wait to hear all about it when you get home. It
has been amazing watching our very own little Billy O” who served us baked beans and slept on a truck load
of firewood up in space. Have a safe journey and a great holiday. Class 108 is so proud of you!

Ginny and Tom


From: Steve Johnson

Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 5:38 PM
To: JSC-PLT

Subject: Final approach, Bill

just completed taping the landing.
Really smooth.
But its what you do.

Okay, with reference to your old Navy days, looking back on the entire mission, what event
had the highest pucker factor and what number would you give it?

Steve


From: michelle.p.lewis@nasa.gov

Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:04 AM
To: Nowak, Lisa M. (JSC-CB)
Subject: STS 121 Lessons Learned IPT

The plan to have a lessons learned IPT is to do it in 2 parts. With the STS 115 launch coming
up on 8/28/86, we need to have the lessons learned from this flight that apply to STS 115
come forward as soon as possible. So if you have anything that needs to be discussed for STS
115, please send me and Ladonna an email let us know what that is and if you think it needs
to be heard by the IPT. If there are enough significant items we will have an IPT on 7/2@.
Then we will have an IPT around landing + 3@ days for the final lessons learned.

Thanks for your support and let us know as soon as you can if you have any lessons learned
for STS 115.

Michelle Lewis

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From: Peterson, Douglas D. (JSC-CB)
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:42 PM
To: Cabaniss, Brenda A. (JSC-CB)[USA]; Chiarenza, Orazio (JSC-DT13)[ESA]: Daria; E; Gillis,
Ellen (SSC-CB)[USA]; Guillory, Brittany (JSC-SD2)[WLS]; JSC-DL-FCOD-Astronauts
Loofboro, Jennifer B. (JSC-SD)[WLS}: Lytwynsky. Lucy (JSC-CB)[USA]: Mcarthur, Cynthia L
(JSC-CB); Mccasland, Sandy K. (JSC-CB)}f[USA]; Oommen. Sheena T. (JSC-CB)[GHG},
Steinmann, Laura (JSC-CB)

[WLS]

Ce: Hartsfield, James A. (JSC-AP131); Beutel, Allard (HQ-NB0O30), Trinidad. Katherine (HQ-
NBO30)
Subject: Bill McArthur on Craig Ferguson Show tonite!

FYI

From: Cabaniss, Brenda A. (JSC-CB)[USA]
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:37 AM

Subject: Craig Ferguson Show tonite!
Friendly reminder,

Bill McArthur's guest appearance on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson will AIR tonight, July 12. The Show
comes on after the David Letterman Show and Extra on KHOU Channel 11

Get your VCRs, TiVO and DVRs ready!

http://www.cbs comv/iatenightiatelate/



From: Wilmore, Barry E. (JSC-CB)

Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 3:50 PM

To: Gore, Michelle (JSC-CC4)[SAIC]: Taddeo. Terrance A. (JSC-SD2); Stepaniak, Philip (uSC-
SD): JSC-DL-FCOD-Astronauts

Subject: RE: LANDING SUPPORT

I'm the C2 that will be headed to Edwards if its called up. So, I won't know until about the
16th. Over to you if you want to put a jet on the schredule for Jose Hernandez and I just in

case
Butch Wilmore

~----Original Message-----
From: Gore, Michelle (JSC-CC4)[SAIC]
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 12:23 PM Central Standard Time
To: Taddeo, Terrance A. (3SC-SD2); Stepaniak, Philip (JSC-SD); JSC-DL-FCOD-Astronauts

Subject: LANDING SUPPORT

I WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDING SUPPORT

1. DATE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE FROM EFD

2. DATE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE FROM THE CAPE AFTER LANDING 3. PURPOSE 4. POD OR NO POD 5.
PHONE NUMBERS

THANKS

Michelle R. Gore

Flight Manager/SAIC

Ellington Field, Tx

Work: 281-244-7256

Fax: 281-244-9690


From: Adams, Tammy M LCDR NOSC North Island [tammy m.adams@navy.mil]

Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 9:39 AM

To:

Subject: FW: Happy 4th of July -- Speech by MGen Lehnert--Extraordinary Americans - those who

serve our Nation

All,

This is a long speech, but | was sucked in with the first two paragraphs... | am grateful for all of
the young men and women who are fighting for us every day. | am grateful for the sacrifices of those
of you who are serving on active duty now, and those who have served in the past. Thank you for
taking time out of your life to serve our nation! Happy belated 4th of July! = Tammy

Recent speech by Major General Michael R. Lehnert, USMC
Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations West

Good morning ladies and gentlemen.

Eight days ago, | was present in the audience when Tom Brokaw addressed the 2006 Stanford graduating class. After
the initial pleasantries and one-liners, Mr. Brokaw said something unexpected. He told the class that they were the
children of privilege, fortunate to be attending one of the finest educational institutions in the country, the anointed
because they had both the test scores for admittance and parents who were able to afford their tuition. He noted that they
could likely expect rapid advancement in almost any endeavor they choose and that they were destined to lead the most
powerful country in the world

The class was beaming.

And then Brokaw reminded them that the liberties and freedoms they enjoyed were being defended by young people their
age that did not have their advantages. That at this time thousands of men and women were fighting, dying and suffering
debilitating injury to ensure that the rest of us could live the American dream

There was an uncomfortable shifting in the seats, followed by slow but growing applause from the audience.

When we sent my son to Stanford four years ago, we filled out a form asking for demographic information. One of the
questions for the parents said, what is your profession? After it was a list of about thirty professions including doctor,
lawyer, congressman, educator, architect. Military was not listed so | filled in “other”

My son was the only graduate who had a parent serving in the armed forces. As i was introduced to his friends parents,
it was interesting to watch their reaction. Few had ever spoken to a member of the military. One asked me how my son
was able to gain admittance with the disadvantage of having to attend “those DoD schools”. Many voiced support for our
military and told me that they'd have served but clearly military service was not for their kind of people.

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- _ onan

From: Begley, Michael E [michael.e.begley@boeing.com]

Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 2:12 PM

Subject: Opportunity to Volunteer -- international Design Competition at JSC, July 15-17
Attachments: sked pdf

Dear AIAA Houston Section Member.

Since 1995. the Finalist Round of the International Space Settlement Design Competition has occurred in Florida: the
AIAA Space Coast and Central Florida Sections counted it as an activity contributing to Section Awards. We are now
moving the event to Texas for the very first time. One of the factors involved in the change of venue is that we trust the
volunteers here to provide a better experience for the students--that means we think YOU can do a great job!

If you have participated in the JSC Mars and Space Settlement Design Competitions conducted each spring. you are
familiar with the basic concept: in one weekend (July 15 - 17, see attached agenda), we create an experience for high
school students that is as close as we can make it to working on an industry proposal team. The differences are that
these students earned the privilege to participate by winning a Qualifying and/or Semi-Finalist Competition, they come
from farther away, and the event is made more grueling with a full three-day schedule. The high schooi students
participating this year as Finalists are from the following schoois:

. Apeejay School - Jalandhar, INDIA

. “Arcane Quest" - Patiaia, INDIA

. Cerritos High School - Cerritos, California, USA

. Durango High School - Durango, Colorado, USA

. "Space Architects" - Hyderabad, INDIA (Semi-Finalist Competition winner)

. Saint Laurence's College - South Brisbane. AUSTRALIA

. Whitney High School - Cerritos, California, USA

. Wootton High Schoo! - Rockville, Maryland, USA

. And we also invited a "runner-up" team to contribute two students to each of the four Design Competition

"companies": Sekolah Sri Garden - Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.

The scenario we will ask them to design is the first large settlement on Mars. We will predict "future history" to the year
2056 to describe the technologies that will be allowed for designing the settlement

In order to make this a quality experience for the students, we are looking for between 8 and 16 engineers to volunteer
and help make it happen. We are hoping you can participate, and/or forward this message to others who can he!p. We
ask “Technical Expert" volunteers to arrive by Noon Saturday 15 July to conduct Technical Sessions from 1:00 to 2:30
p.m. (we provide materials; you're welcome to prepare your own information but it's not required) Each session will be
conducted by two to four volunteers, the hour from Noon to 1:00 provides time for you to "caucus" with your co-presenters
(and have lunch). The text below provides more information about these tasks. In addition to an opportunity to meet
some very talented students and influence their career decisions, we feed you breakfast, lunch, and dinner if you are with
us at those times during the Competition.

We supply ail materials needed for conducting the Competition; we're just looking for your time, expertise, and a little bit of
enthusiasm for the kids. You will receive copies of background information during the week before the Competition. You
are, of course. invited to attend alt of the activities for the weekend. beginning Saturday morning. Indeed. we appreciate it

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Next week, plans remain as contingencies with one runtime exception. The Gen ISS 13A Stage PMA3
#16 on 7/14 has been changed to an evening sim, 1500-2200, because of an STS-115/12A standalone
SSTF/FB combined lesson that morning. Mission complex phases have been adjusted.

For beyond, the most significant change was the movement of the STS-115 FDO/BSE and Post
Insertion sims which swapped days. Just minor tweaks to the rest of the schedule should be evident.
As always, if there are questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Note: Because of the holiday and mission considerations, the next MOD Integrated Sim
Schedule meeting will be July 17th, same time and location. This could change
dependent on landing day.
<< File: Intsched.doe >>
Joseph Knight
281-244-7545, B4S/2212, JSC/NASA
DT32/USA/Spaceflight Training & Facility Operations
MOD Integrated Sim Scheduling
Shttpy//mod.jsc.nasa.gov/d'/Schd/welcome.htm>

“The comments and opinions expressed are my own and do not represent the view of United Space
Alliance."



From: Ron Smith Jr

Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 8:10 AM
To: Oefelein, William A. (JSC-CB)
Subject: e-mail

! do not know if you are getting e-mail in space

If you are you will see that we had a good time the first night we all got together.

Liz and | just got done watching the Nasa channel in which they interviewed the whole team
We are wondering what are all the inside jokes are about?

| am still in Florida trying to enjoy the rest of my time here, | just got my e-mail to work.
Thank you for the invite that was the most incredible experience | have ever had in my life
Your friend

Ron


From: eKnowledge SAT-ACT [support@epowerprep.com]

Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 8:36 PM
To: Lisa Nowak
Subject: SAT/ACT Summer Update

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The Index Score
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the admissions process for your student. You may not
be aware that most schools rely heavily on these
standardized tests and they count for at least 50% of
the decision behind acceptance or rejection. Schools
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Score" this score consists of a student's GPA, letters of
recommendations, extra curricular work, essay
writing, and the SAT or ACT exam. In most cases the
GPA counts for a little under half the composite or
index score and the SAT or ACT counts for the other
half or more of the index score. Once the school
creates the index score, they categorize applicants
accordingly and begin to accept or reject students.

NEWS



From: newsletter@aiaa.org

Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 12:22 AM
To: inowak@ems jsc.nasa.gov
Subject: AIAA News for July 2006

Se E-Newsletter

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Attend AIAA Technical Conferences for FREE by Registering for a Short Course

More info >

Coming Soon: Free Standards for AIAA Members

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inventory Reduction Sale on Conference Proceedings

Space 2006: A Must-Attend Event

Exciting Special Events at ATIO 2006

Upcoming STEM Congressional Reception

AIAA White Paper Supports Investment in Unmanned Aircraft Systems within NOAA

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Qualifications: General familiarity with computer capabilities and functions. Common-sense appreciation of what robots
can and should do. Background materials for this session include descriptions of computer limitations and reasonable
robot applications.

<<sked.pdf>>


From: JSC-Appearance-Office
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 2:12 PM

To:

JSC-DL-FCOD-Astronauts

Ce: Hebert. Trent A. (JSC-CB)[USA]: Van Horne, Arthur K. (JSC-CB)[USA]; Lloyd, Katrina (JSC-

CB)[USA]: Peterson, Douglas D. (JSC-CB): Cloutier, Nicole (JSC-AP 151)

Subject: 7/10/06 APPEARANCE BULLETIN

STS-121 - JSC ONSITE MEDIA INTERVIEWS
Sign up for flight days 8, 10, 13-15, go to url or see Lucy. (2 pts)
http://fcod jsc.nasa.gov/aaoweb/aao/default.htmi

SFA/ATK THIOKOL SILVER SNOOPY AWARDS
Open Jul-Aug, Promontory, Clearfield, UT, ATK Thiokol. (5 pts)

PCG/ATK LAUNCH SYSTEMS SUPPLIER VISIT
Open Jul-Aug, Jamestown, PA, Jamestown Paint. (5 pts)

LOCAL SNOOPY PRESENTATIONS
Jul 25-27, Aug 15-17, Contact Katrina ext-46588 to sign up for
4hr am/pm shifts sign-up sheet is posted on the bulletin board outside the AAO. (2 pts)

HIGH
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY

Jui 14, African American Astro, Houston, National Alumni Association’s Annual Convention and Workshop
Session. (1 pt)

To view the volunteer list please click below or log into STAR to sign up
http://mod jsc.nasa.gow/star_volunteer_list/volunteer_list.cfm



From: Poindexter, Alan G. (JSC-CB)
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:17 PM
To: Ferguson. Christopher J, (JSC-CB); Foreman, Michael J. (JSC-CB); Cassidy, Christopher J

(JSC-CB): Wilmore, Barry E. (JSC-CB); Antonelli, Dominic A (JSC-CB); Oefelein, William A.
(JSC-CB); Frick, Stephen N. (JSC-CB): Jett. Brent W. (JSC-CB); Ham, Kenneth T. (JSC-CB);
Curbeam, Robert L. (JSC-CB):; Woodward, N (HQ-BA000)

Subject: Cruise Video

Looks like a fun loving E-2 squadron!

http://www. voutube. com/watch?v=DgaWdkdFb3Y



From:

Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 4:23 AM
To: Oefelein, William A. (JSC-CB)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

How wonderful that you have now achieved your dream!! So what's next? It would seem anything else would
be anti-climatic. :)

[have a friend who is a “rocket scientist” at the Johnson Space Center... Christopher Hudson. He kept me up to
the minute on the progress of the launch. How thrilling to know you were safely in orbit!

I spoke with Loren Leman (our just past It. governor) who flew down to witness your launch. Watching your
launch was a huge event for him.

God bless! Looking forward to hearing news of your safe return!

Deborah Luper


From: Oconnor, Judy L. (JSC-CB)[RCJV]
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 12:21 PM
To: Altman, Scott D. (JSC-CB): Bowersox, Kenneth D. (JSC-CB); Curbeam, Robert L (JSC-CB);

Ferguson, Christopher J. (JSC-CB): Foreman, Michael J. (JSC-CB), Jett, Brent W. (JSC-CB):
Lopez-Alegria, Michael E. (JSC-CB): Morin, Lee M. (JSC-CB); Antonelli, Dominic A. (JSC-
CB), Bowen, Stephen G. (JSC-CB); Frick, Stephen N (JSC-CB); Ham, Kenneth T. (JSC-CB);
Kelly, Mark E. (JSC-CB); Kelly, Scott J. (JSC-CB); Nowak, Lisa M (JSC-CB); Oefelein
William A. (JSC-CB); Poindexter, Alan G. (JSC-CB): Stefanyshyn-Piper, Heidemarie M. (JSC-
CB); Williams, Sunita L. (JSC-CB); Wilmore, Barry E. (JSC-CB): Woodward, Neil W. (JSC-
CB); Cassidy. Christopher J. (JSC-CB); Bresnik, Randolph J (JSC-CB); Hobaugh, Charles O.
(JSC-CB); Hurley, Douglas G. (JSC-CB); Sturckow, Frederick W. (JSC-CB); Zamka, George
D. (JSC-CB)

Subject: Navy/Marine Aviator Info on the Web

There was an article in the paper on Sunday re: the above, It states in part that

"Personal records for every Navy and Marine Corps aviator or aircrew member who has logged flight hours over the
past 20 years have been posted ona public Navy Web site for the past six months, compromising more than
100,000 Social Security numbers, the Navy Safety Center announced on Friday.”

T have the article on my desk. You may contact the Navy Personnel Command at 866 827-5672 to ask if you are
affected. I tried to call but they would not give me any information and would only speak with the member.

Judy O'Connor

REDE/Critique A Joint Venture
Navy/Marine Astronaut Military Liaison
Johnson Space Center

Mail Code CB

281 244-8865

FAX 281 244-8287