Thanks Joe and everyone else that's emailed. It's been quite a day (make that day and three quarter since I last slept) and while I can't say I enjoyed the flights (I prefer sitting up in the pointy end) the ceremony was really great. Trouble is I have little memory of the time from when I walked on stage until I got back to my seat. Sensory overload. But I have excellent memories of the reception after. I asked Dr. Bolden if I could ask a question and we ended up spending several minutes talking NASA and its relations with private enterprise and other countries (including China). I was really impressed that he'd spend so much time "just talkin'". patrick On 14 Aug 2014, at 12:27, Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
I watched the awards live. They were in alphabetical order, so the last three were William Shatner, Ed Stone and Patrick Wiggins. Kirk and Ed, unfortunately, couldn't be there, but isn't that great company?