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Good info, cash78mere, only one correction (unrepentant space buff that I am :) ) to set the record straight :

Richard Gordon actually flew on Gemini XI (Gemini flight numbers were always in Roman numerals except for the first three missions) with Charles 'Pete' Conrad, and later flew the command module Yankee Clipper while fellow crewmen Conrad and Alan Bean landed on the Moon during the Apollo 12 mission aboard the lunar module Intrepid. BTW, Gordon was a Navy commander (both the Gemini XI and Apollo 12 crews were all-Navy).

Gemini 2 was an unmanned space flight test of the Gemini capsule. It later became the first space capsule to be reused (and this was long before the Space Shuttle), becoming the 'Blue Gemini' space capsule for the U.S. Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory flight test.

Hope this helps.

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alphasig-

cool info
i copied that directly from the article that was sent to me that was published in the old LYRE. being as i know nothing about space, i can only assume that since the article was published before the flight, maybe things changed? i don't know!

Not a problem there, cash78mere. Just clarifying a few things, is all. :) But it was a good article you posted, nevertheless.

On a similar but unrelated point, being also a Mason, I'm proud to be a charter member of the future Masonic lodge on the Moon (though it'll probably happen well after my lifetime). Here's the story behind it:

During the Apollo 11 flight to the Moon, astronaut Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin (he later legally changed his name to Buzz Aldrin only) carried a special deputation fron the then-Grand Master of Masons of Texas, J. Guy Smith and instructed to make 'due return of his actions'. This was basically a paper signed and sealed by the Grand Master deputizing Brother Aldrin (a member of Clear Lake Lodge No. 1417 near Houston, Texas) as a special representative of the Grand Master. Brother Aldrin took the document in his personal preference kit to the moon and returned it, certifying that the document traveled to the Moon and back. (The special deputation is now on display at the Grand Lodge of Texas Library and Museum in Waco, Texas.)

Technically, this made the Moon a Masonic jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Texas. In December 1999, at the meeting of the Grand Lodge, and to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the moon landing, they created a special lodge of the Grand Lodge of Texas named Tranquility Lodge No. 2000. This lodge is open for membership to Master Masons who belong to a grand lodge in fraternal relations to the Grand Lodge of Texas.

More information on Tranquility Lodge #2000 is at http://www.tranquilitylodge2000.org .

Astronauts are permitted to carry what is known as a 'personal preference kit' (PPK) containing personal items of a sentimental nature to the astronaut. After the Apollo 15 PPK fiasco (in which a whole bunch of flown covers (stamped envelopes postmarked with launch day and landing day postmarks) appeared in a philatelic auction shortly after the mission)did NASA severely restrict the quantity and type of items an astronaut could carry into space.

Generally, PPKs are not opened during the flight, but the contents are listed in the crew's manifest.

In this case, Soror Jemison probably included an inscription or an affidavit on NASA letterhead to include with the flag stating (for example) "this flag was flown aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-XX (dates of mission)". Without the letter and/or the authentic signature of Soror Jemison, the flag would not have 'provenance' as a flown item. Some will include a picture taken during the mission of the item as further proof that it was flown.

Why worry about your badge going to space when instead you can have your sisters go? :p

OMG, everyone had thier Badges taken to outer space or placed on the moon!:confused:

Just seach and find out how many went! There was a LXA from the U. Mo. who was there!

So big deal!:rolleyes:

No, there were things that were smuggled aboard the space flights in small amounts that would mean something to people of the Family in one form or another when they returned!:)

Had to be small and was given to them for personel things to do.:) Some made it into a big deal! Business!:D

During the Gemini 3 mission (unofficially called Molly Brown after the popular Broadway play and film, and alluding to commander Gus Grissom's near-death experience when his Mercury capsule sank) pilot John Young snuck a corned beef sandwich from a local Cocoa Beach deli aboard the spacecraft as a prank on Grissom, who was fond of them. (Back then, space food was prepared under strictly controlled conditions and was, to say the least, not very appetizing.)

Once Molly Brown was in orbit, Young reaches into his spacesuit pocket and offers the sandwich to Grissom, with the remark, "Care to have a bite, skipper?" Grissom did take a bite of the sandwich but didn't finish it off, due to concerns that floating crumbs might clog up a vital electrical contact of the spacecraft's instrumentation.

When they returned to Earth, both Young and Grissom were reprimanded by NASA management, and the half of Grissom's sandwich (with the single bite by Grissom) was reportedly preserved for eternity in Lucite by Young.

-- Throwing hissy fits on GreekChat since 6/02 :rolleyes:

LOLOLOL!!! that cracked me up!! that was great!! :D :D :D

This is the real reason W wants to have missions to Mars!!! He talks to AXWhoah frequently and after he heard this oh so true and substantiated story, he was soooooooo jealous that AXO's pin is on the moon, so he is going to go one better by flying Laura and the twins to Mars. But they will all have to take individual spaceships because of the intergalactic brothel laws.

But only if Laura, Barbara, and Jenna can take their Kappa Alpha Theta pins with them!

I'm almost afraid to join the discussion :p , so I will just add that one of our alumnae, Rhea Seddon, took her pin to the moon, but was kind enough to bring it back, since technically it belongs to NHQ...;)

Sweetie,

As was mentioned, perhaps earlier in this thread, nobody will doubt that your sister may have taken a pin/badge into space on a shuttle, but no woman has as yet landed on or orbited the moon.

And in case anyone's forgotten, the first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, a cosmonaut of the former Soviet Union. She flew on Vostok 6 in 1963.

The first American woman in space was Sally Ride, who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-7 in 1983.

The first woman to walk in space was cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. Kathryn Sullivan was the first American woman to walk in space on Space Shuttle mission 41-G in 1984.

We've been busy. We'll get to that.

Val is a Delta Zeta. Great girl!


Sally is a Delta Zeta. That's why her space suit was pink and green with turtles on it.

Both DZ's. Not sure, but I think Lana and Kate were in the same pledge class. I'll have to check on that.

That would be terriffic. Will look forward to it.

Valentina is only a DZ because we had to terminate her membership. She wouldn't wear the azure blue catsuit.

HotDamn, you crack me up!

I heart crack!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Clearly Dubya isn't going to leave his MOTHER out. Barbara the elder is a Pi Beta Phi, thank you very much!! So our badge gets to Mars first. :mad: :mad: :mad:


LOL:p

:D :D :D :D
This certainly killed my lunch hour!
LOL

Are any of Mars Rover Team members Greek? Maybe he/she slipped his/her pin on the rovers so now we have a badge on Mars!! YAY! :p ;)

This is a rather Moot thread, for starters!:o

There never was a Moon Lander with real Astronats, it was a stage setting for the American and Russian Citizens to beleive that WE did something so Fantastic!:confused:

Was not the Camera already there to watch the First Step?

As far as pins on Da Moon, it was a Group of GLOs who spent the $$$$ to have a rocket fired with everyones Badges on it so We could all say OURS IS THERE!:D

One of the Rocketeers was a LXA from U. Mo. so biggie Dealy!

Hell, I am A LXA but I am not an Earthling, I am just in the form of one observing Humanoid life styles!:rolleyes:

"Boy Are We Having Fun Yet"?

Bump because this thread is full of major lulz!

thank you!!!!

Darn! No GLO has claimed Lisa "where's my diaper" Nowak yet!


Double Darn! According Wikipedia, "She was the first Italian American woman to go into space, carried a National Organization of Italian American Women gold pin during her flight and is Catholic." Her maiden name was Caputo, fwiw.

LOL!!

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I don't know about the Library of Congress, but if someone is determined to expend enough effort, time, energy and perhaps bribery money, they can get certain ritual material that's generally reserved for those specifically inducted into a fraternal organization. It should be pointed out for those individuals, that a ritual will mean nothing to,and do nothing for,a non-member, just as the Gospel will do nothing for a none-believer.

As for what's on the moon, we can always start a rumor list of GLO-related material that was taken there and/or left there.
Regards,
-goldenphoenix

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We've touched on the subject before, but I'd be interested in learning the GLO affilitations of some of our most famous astronauts.

On a political note, what are the GOL affiliations of the various candidates running for President? Hillary went to Welsley, where I don't think think they have sororities. Was she inducted as an alum later in life?
Regards,
-goldenphoenix

There's no need to sign your name.
-regards,
porkfriedrice

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Thanks, porkfriedrice for your comment. It was entered as a "good wishes" or "have a good day" sort of ending to my posts. I've seem some rather trenchant signatures, so I felt like balancing it a bit. I guess I should say something like "Use liberals for target practice," or "I don't break for Right-to-Lifers, or "Tom Earp fathers Space Alien mutants," or something like that, but from now on I'll just sign my name and be done with it. Thans again.
-goldenphoenix

Why not just edit your signature to be your signature?

Yep. Definitely not mourning her in the GCers long gone away thread.

Yep.

That thread is how I found this one. When I couldn't stop laughing it was time for a bump.

'Cause CAPT Lisa Marie Caputo Nowak is an '85 graduate of 'Canoe U', aka the U.S. Naval Academy. Much more selective than any GLO! (And there ain't any GLOs except for professional and honorary.) :D

You won't see me bad mouthing Annapolis - more relatives than I care to count have graduated from there (she says with pride!)!

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OK...How about this one?

-Glodenpohoenix

maybe if you want to show you're another satisfied customer from "Hukt on fonix"

Do you wanna AI into Sigma Kappa? I'd totally sponsor you. No lie.

All in good-natured jest... just like some will call the Air Force Academy 'The Zoo' and West Point 'Castle Greyskull'. :D

<-- Air Force veteran (no, I didn't go to the Zoo!)