Deep thanks from Orbit to Earth

Bill Maynard · Post by **Bill Maynard** » 13 Aug 2005 9:37 am

Welcome Back Steve:

We are extremely proud of your space accomplishments and equally so as a "Steelin Space Picker". Good luck from all of us.

Bill Maynard

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 13 Aug 2005 8:59 pm

Welcome back to terra firma Steve.
Job well done!

RA

Kurt Graber · Post by **Kurt Graber** » 14 Aug 2005 4:50 am

Steve,
Sure wish I could have gone along with you. The liftoff, orbiting appx 18000 MPH, the Spacewalk, and then the reentry. Wow, that is what I call living your life. I'm sure you could tell many stories about this experience. I would like to hear them someday as I can only imagine what you went through.

Mike Meese · Post by **Mike Meese** » 15 Aug 2005 6:20 am

Welcome back Steve. I admire you for all you've done.

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 15 Aug 2005 8:00 am

Can you imagine what the picture would look like of Steve in his EVA suit, helmet on, visor down, sitting down to a D-10? Finger picks may be a problem, and I'm not sure about left knee vertical, but the tone would be out of this world...[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 15 August 2005 at 09:01 AM.]

Bruno Rasmussen · Post by **Bruno Rasmussen** » 15 Aug 2005 12:09 pm

We all have our great dreams – Most of us stop there. – You took them all the way -Welcome back.[This message was edited by Bruno Rasmussen on 15 August 2005 at 01:32 PM.]

BUDDY BARROWCLIFF · Post by **BUDDY BARROWCLIFF** » 15 Aug 2005 3:43 pm

Hi Steve
Welcome home from another steeler up in Pa.
I am just 15 mi from Elmira, home of your boss lady and have a daughter down there in New Caney.
Does that get me any special consideration from
a universe travelen, steel pickin, space walkin, and mr fixit of all time.
Na
Just proud to be in the same arena, steel that is.
Buddy

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 16 Aug 2005 12:38 am

Hi Steve
Welcomre back to mother Earth
i'm real proud of what you have accomplished & feel honoured to know that you're here amongst us here on this great forum

John Rickard · Post by **John Rickard** » 16 Aug 2005 10:42 am

Steve,
Are there any gigs out there?

Is this how it all started?

Oops, wrong guy!
JR

[This message was edited by John Rickard on 16 August 2005 at 02:26 PM.]

Pat Carlson · Post by **Pat Carlson** » 16 Aug 2005 5:20 pm

Steve We Salute you here in the Heartland!
Groovy Job repairing that ship

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The Lone Prairie Steeler Pat

Jack Shults · Post by **Jack Shults** » 17 Aug 2005 5:15 am

Hi Steve,

Welcome back home. I was watching your space walk with interest and am happy that our prayers were answered with your safe return.

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MSA U-12
Evans Amps
Stereo Steel

Paul Honeycutt · Post by **Paul Honeycutt** » 17 Aug 2005 7:30 am

I'm a little late to the party here, Steve. Welcome back and good job! I had no clue you were "one of us." I was so relieved when I heard y'all had landed safe and sound.
Did you have you're steel with you? I've always wondered about playing music at Zero G.
My best wishes to you and the crew.

Roy Ayres · Post by **Roy Ayres** » 17 Aug 2005 1:48 pm

Steve,

It's an honor to have you as a fellow Forumite. Congratulations on a fantastic journey that kept a lot of us breathless for awhile. I can't imagine stepping outside of a ship travelling at 17,000 miles per hour.

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Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 18 Aug 2005 3:24 am

Thanks Mr. Steve!

Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 18 Aug 2005 6:10 pm

Well, so much for Buddy E. being the coolest guy on the Forum.

And so much for your anonymity, Steve.

Good job, and welcome home.

Steve Robinson · Post by **Steve Robinson** » 20 Aug 2005 2:28 pm

Many thanks to all my friends here. It's humbling, to say the least.
Ricky: just darn proud to know ya
Bobby: I'll come visit you in your shop pretty soon
Jack: thanks for paving the way with your work in the early space programs
All: nothing drops in orbit, including cabinets! And ET takes a new meaning in this context!
John: anybody who put that Saturn 5 together is a star in my book; you can be proud that your Dad helped get us where we are today.
David: playing steel in public is much scarier than spacewalking!
Kurt: thanks - hey, I once lived in Wichita and learned to fly there
John: that is the most hilarious photo - can I get a larger version of it?
All: no steel up there, but I did get to play the resident acoustic guitar on the Space Station. Sounds fine, but hard to hold it in place. Should probably velcro it!
Some good mission photos are here: http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/multimedia/top30_page1.html
And Buddy E is hands down the coolest guy on this Forum!
Again, many thanks for taking the time away from practicing to write, my friends. Makes me even prouder to be part of this community.
Steve

Elizabeth West · Post by **Elizabeth West** » 21 Aug 2005 8:05 am

Fantastic pictures

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Jon Zimmerman · Post by **Jon Zimmerman** » 21 Aug 2005 8:34 am

John R.--Question: Wasn't Will Robinson's dad named 'Steve' on the Lost in Space series? memory fades...anybody recall?

Steve Robinson · Post by **Steve Robinson** » 21 Aug 2005 9:52 am

Don't know, but MY dad's name is William.

Jon Zimmerman · Post by **Jon Zimmerman** » 21 Aug 2005 6:45 pm

Steve, you are aware that every one of these folks here on the SGF would be thrilled to the very core their being if you should somehow show up at the upcoming Scotty's convention--just to press the flesh and make a tour of the maker's booths--wouldn't be required to 'demo' or any scary things like that...??

John Rickard · Post by **John Rickard** » 21 Aug 2005 10:40 pm

NASA Office Party (1968)

JR

Steve,
I'm still trying to find larger versions of these.[This message was edited by John Rickard on 21 August 2005 at 11:52 PM.]

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 22 Aug 2005 1:18 am

Steve,
There's a statue to another William in Lubbock that I chanced upon one day--a beautiful thing, larger than life, of a suited-up astronaut standing by a boy holding a model airplane.

It's Willie McCool, who must've been a cool guy with that name. Graduated from my high school many years after me. It's really a stirring tribute to bravery--or just doing his job?. Very moving, this larger than life man.

Mark Lind-Hanson · Post by **Mark Lind-Hanson** » 22 Aug 2005 8:29 am

Congratulations on a safe return, & best wishes!