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After Today
Saturday, January 8th, 2011 11:54 pmI think that after today's news we need to focus on good things. At some point in the week, I'll post the posts I'd intended for today - one about my visit to Bedworth (with photos), and one about By The Sea.
Latest on Gabrielle Giffords is that she's out of surgery, is responding and doctors are optimistic but at this stage she's still in a critical condition. Discussion (at least in the twitterfeeds and forums I move in) has shifted to her husband Mark Kelly, who is due to command STS-134 which is currently set for launch in April. People are speculating that either he may request to be stood down from the mission, or NASA doctors may stand him down. A sim (mission simulation, where the crew are trained to cope with emergencies which may happen on-mission by simulating something or several things going wrong) on Monday has been cancelled, according to MCC-H people on my Twitterfeed. Thoughts also lead to the ISS, as Mark's twin brother Scott Kelly is currently commander, I can't imagine how that must feel, being stuck in space when you so desperately want to be supporting your family (they have no other siblings).
So a final, more uplifting thought to end this post on - watch this week's QI XL rather than the standard QI episode (H.15 Hypnosis). Robert Webb is a first-timer on the panel, and was clearly very delighted to be there.
Latest on Gabrielle Giffords is that she's out of surgery, is responding and doctors are optimistic but at this stage she's still in a critical condition. Discussion (at least in the twitterfeeds and forums I move in) has shifted to her husband Mark Kelly, who is due to command STS-134 which is currently set for launch in April. People are speculating that either he may request to be stood down from the mission, or NASA doctors may stand him down. A sim (mission simulation, where the crew are trained to cope with emergencies which may happen on-mission by simulating something or several things going wrong) on Monday has been cancelled, according to MCC-H people on my Twitterfeed. Thoughts also lead to the ISS, as Mark's twin brother Scott Kelly is currently commander, I can't imagine how that must feel, being stuck in space when you so desperately want to be supporting your family (they have no other siblings).
So a final, more uplifting thought to end this post on - watch this week's QI XL rather than the standard QI episode (H.15 Hypnosis). Robert Webb is a first-timer on the panel, and was clearly very delighted to be there.
