Wing Commander in Space (July 13, 2006)

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  1. Bandit LOAF Long Live the Confederation!

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    eddieb found a Yahoo!News report (here) which connects two of our favorite things -- Wing Commander and real spaceflight. Apparently Mission Control sent the STS-121 crew an e-mail suggesting appropriate video games they could play...
    Star Wars? Why, I never! But it's still pretty neat... watch out for stealth fighters, Discovery.

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    Bret wanted to let everyone know that the full text of mission control's email can be found here.

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    Original update published on July 13, 2006
  2. OM Curator Museum Curator

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    Has anyone tried to find the actual email? I'd like to check if the reference is a typo in the article.

    I believe that they meant to say, "Star Wars, OR Wing Commander".

    What say you?
  3. Bandit LOAF Long Live the Confederation!

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    The actual e-mail is linked below the shuttle picture.

    I guess this goes up there with the whole 'small step for man' mistake. :)
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    Someone needs to correct them.
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    Get right on that Goku.
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    That's what she told me to do.
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  8. twistikan Cadet

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    news about how astronaughts mention wing-commander?
  9. ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector / Administrator

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    Yeah.

    And you need to read the CIC Forum Rules. Your posts are below the lazy/sloppy limit.
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  11. ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector / Administrator

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    Hey there Lady.
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    Wow, no one's called me that in a very long time. ;) How ya'll been? Someone seems to have unearthed me.

    Hmm... forum doesn't seem to like me though. Won't let me stay logged in for some weird reason.
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    Have you checked the "remember me" (or whatever) checkbox? Obviously CIC forum cookies are accepted by your browser, or you'd have not gotten the log-in for your previous post.

    Oh, and hi. :) Same "Death" from the old Origin forums, ages ago.
  14. ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector / Administrator

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    I'm good.

    Sounds like a cookie issue. Maybe clear your temp internet files and cookies, close your browser and try again. I could be wrong, but I think you can do single logins and posts on the same page without necessarily having your cookies work right.
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    Hey Death! :)

    I got it working now I think. I had the box checked but it kept going back to Unregistered. Had to reboot. Nothing but problems since the disaster I call Vista beta. :D

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