Is anyone watching the spider weave its web on the international space station? It's fascinating. Envision this - a room full of people responsible for launching rockets, maintaining a space station, etc., sitting in a meeting watching a stupid spider on TV and pretending to report the daily status of the space station and shuttle... That's what our daily meeting has deteriorated to...

Oh, by the way, the typical circular web? Nope - not in zero gravity. I think the Russians snuck a bottle of Vodka into the station and are playing with the poor spider...

I got a question - where do ya find today's birthdays on this site?

Next shuttle is STS-119. Launch has been firmly set for 12 Feb 2009. STS-125, the shuttle to Hubble, is scheduled for May. The first Ares flight (next generation shuttle) takes off July 11, 2009 (it's a boring test launch).

Tomorrow is Saturday (duh). Today, I'm wearing a University of Michigan sweater, jacket, hat, socks, and (since ya can't really tell if I'm kidding or not) underwear!!! Tomorrow is THE GAME! For some of us... This morning's meeting should be colorful. The Flight Director manager at Johnson went to Ohio State. He's been wearing stupid silver and red stuff all week, in contrast to my MAIZE & BLUE stuff. Fortunately, we're friends (most of the year...).

I'm also getting divorced tomorrow. Again. For the 22nd time. My wife is an Ohio State graduate...

Yippee! Easy day at work today. No critical or complex phases! Next EVA (spacewalk) is tomorrow.

Tom