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Topic: The Steel Guitar Community IN SPACE! |
Steve Robinson
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Posted 27 Feb 2010 9:04 am |
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Friends - it was an honor to bring the signatures of so many of you into orbit with me on Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. STS-130 was an amazing mission, and was made very special for me by the inclusion of this memento of my own community of musicians. If your name is here, it now has 5.7 million miles on it! Whether or not your signature was on this banner (signed at Scotty's in '09), you were there in spirit, and I appreciate your support for the U.S. space program. The banner will go back to Scotty for permanent display.
your fellow steeler,
Steve Robinson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-130
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts130/index.html
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Johnny Cox
From:
Williamsom WVA, raised in Nashville TN, Lives in Hallettsville Texas
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Posted 27 Feb 2010 9:36 am
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Steve, on behalf of Joan and I we want to thank you for of including all of us in the steel guitar community in your mission. I'm personally a big supporter of the space program. Hope to see you soon.
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Johnny "Dumplin" Cox
"YANKIN' STRINGS & STOMPIN' PEDALS" since 1967. |
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Dave Harmonson
From:
Seattle, Wa
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 4:38 am
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I'm proud to be an American!!!!!
Thanks Steve for the miles and smiles 
Oh, and Great Job! with all that other stuff you did too...  |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Dale Bessant
From:
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 5:46 am
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Steve, thanks for being our space Ambassador and keeping us in your thoughts while on this exciting mission, glad to see your back on Earth safe and sound.
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BMI S-10,3+4,Peavey Vegas 400,15"BW equipped,Goodrich 120,Zoom Studio rack mount-FX,Liberty Resonator,Fender Telecaster,JT-148 Jazz Box,Blueridge BR-180 |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 6:56 am
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Hi Steve,
Great to hear that the mission was a success and you are back on mother earth safely. Thanks for taking the steel community up to space (at least the names ), what a thrill!
Best Regards, Walter
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Roy Rosetta
From:
Nederland, Texas.. On the Texas Gulf Coast
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 10:40 am
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Steve, Barbara and I thank you for what you do for this "Good Ole U.S. of A." You make us very proud to be Americans and we are personally very proud to be among your friends. Hopefully we'll get to see you in Dallas.
God Bless,
...Roy and Barbara
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Music is a "gift" with many wrappings....
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Chris Schlotzhauer
From:
Colleyville, Tx. USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 1:22 pm
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Hey Steve, thanks for all you do brother.
Doesn't all of the blood run to your head? |
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Bob Callaway
From:
Bob & Barbara of Shepherdsville, Kentucky
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.
From:
Ayrshire, Scotland
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 1:51 pm
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Steve; Your bedroom is a bigger mess than a teenager's. And don't give me the old `lack of space` excuse!
Great pic.
Thanks for posting,
Arch. |
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Paul Norman
From:
Washington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 3:40 pm
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| Glad to have you back Steve. |
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 6:12 pm
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Welcome home Steve. We're so glad you are able to do what you do for our country. We're more pleased that you are back safely after completing your mission. Thank you for thinking enough of the steel community to take the signed banner with you. It was a very special gesture and we appreciate it very much.
For an astronaut you're really a "down to earth" guy.
Hope to see you in St. Louis. |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 6:18 pm
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| Steve: from one Stereoscopic Photographer to another, well done. |
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Don Ricketson
From:
Llano, Texas
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 7:58 pm
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Hi Steve, it's not every day us nobodys get to rub elbows (so to speak) with a real live astronaut. We appreiate you my friend and hope you have many many happy lift off's and safe landings. By the way if you plunked a steel guitar string in space in a vaccum would it sustain forever or what?  |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Reece Anderson
From:
Keller Texas USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Mar 2010 1:01 am
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Steve.....The idea and subsequent honor of your taking the spirit of steel guitar and it's enthusiasts into space with a banner, was a significant and thoughtful gesture which is greatly appreciated. I regret my signature was not on the banner, however I can assure you, I was there in spirit from liftoff to touchdown.
I look forward to the honor and privilege of meeting you, hopefully at the Dallas show. |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Mar 2010 5:12 am
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Hey Steve, Not much cooler than that, Bro!!  |
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 1 Mar 2010 7:31 am
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| Welcome back to earth Steve; would love to have more of your posts here. |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2010 8:00 am
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| I brag to everyone i know about you Steve- it is an honor-thanks)). |
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Laurie Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2010 8:41 am
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| Steve: Roy plans to get an email out to you soon. I just wanted to tell you that we are so proud of you. We kept you in our prayers until you were safely home. You were so wonderful to take that banner up with all our names on it. It will be a treasure to the Hall of Fame show forever. Roy & I are honored to call you our friend. God bless you & your family always. Your friend, Laurie |
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Colm Chomicky
From:
Kansas, (Prairie Village)
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Posted 1 Mar 2010 9:13 pm
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Thanks so much! This means a lot to me and I am sure others as real space travel is something most of us can only dream of and imagine. To think that a small part of each of us took this journey! I hope to be able to see the banner again in St. Louis 2010!
But what I don't understand is how you got that banner to display so flat! Did you use the space iron on it? |
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bruce fischer
From:
florissant, mo. 63031 USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2010 1:42 pm
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| thank you so much steve! bruce & lynn |
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Bill Stroud
From:
Dresden, Tennessee, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Mar 2010 6:11 pm Great People
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Thank you for allowing us to participate Shirley and I feel Honored to have our name on that Banner.
Thanks a Million,
Bill
Hey Steve come by my booth in Dallas if are going to be there. |
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Wayne Franco
From:
silverdale, WA. USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2010 6:30 pm Wow!
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| That out of this world both literally and figuratively. |
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