N\u00e6stum b\u00fain<\/strong> \u00dea\u00f0 var \u00e1hugavert a\u00f0 sitja \u00ed VIP s\u00e6tunum sem forsetar og stj\u00f6rnur fengu a\u00f0 sitja \u00ed \u00e1 d\u00f6gum Apollo og Gemini fer\u00f0anna. Vi\u00f0 s\u00e1um yfir klass\u00edsku stj\u00f3rnbor\u00f0in, hvert me\u00f0 sitt hlutverk. \u00deannig var bor\u00f0 fyrir g\u00e6jann sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 fylgjast me\u00f0 sj\u00f3nvarpsst\u00f6\u00f0vunum, sem \u00fe\u00e1 voru fj\u00f3rar talsins, og taka eftir \u00f6llum geimfer\u00f0afr\u00e9ttum.<\/p>\n Svo var a\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfs\u00f6g\u00f0u bor\u00f0 fyrir “flugstj\u00f3rann” (flight director) og varnarm\u00e1lar\u00e1\u00f0uneyti\u00f0, og \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed bor\u00f0i var st\u00f3r rau\u00f0ur s\u00edmi. Reyndar benti lei\u00f0s\u00f6guma\u00f0urinn \u00e1 a\u00f0 \u00f6ll bor\u00f0in voru me\u00f0 s\u00edmask\u00edfu. Hann f\u00e9kk \u00fe\u00e1 sem h\u00f6f\u00f0u nota\u00f0 sk\u00edfus\u00edma til a\u00f0 r\u00e9tta upp h\u00f6nd (\u00fea\u00f0 reyndust vera nokkrir) og svo bara \u00fe\u00e1 sem voru yngri en tv\u00edtugt a\u00f0 r\u00e9tta upp h\u00f6nd. \u00dea\u00f0 voru tveir…<\/p>\n S\u00ed\u00f0an keyr\u00f0um vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 st\u00f3ru eldflaugunum, og \u00ed \u00feetta sinn var b\u00fai\u00f0 a\u00f0 opna h\u00fasi\u00f0 sem Saturn V eldflaugin er geymd \u00ed, en \u00fe\u00e6r voru nota\u00f0ar til a\u00f0 skj\u00f3ta m\u00f6nnum \u00e1lei\u00f0is til tunglsins. \u00deegar \u00e9g var \u00fearna \u00ed fyrra \u00fe\u00e1 var h\u00fasi\u00f0 loka\u00f0, og flaugin hulin plasti. En n\u00fa er sem sagt b\u00fai\u00f0 a\u00f0 hreinsa hana og laga a\u00f0 mestu og h\u00fan er v\u00e6gast sagt mj\u00f6g “impressive”. <\/p>\n Eftir sko\u00f0unart\u00farinn l\u00e1 lei\u00f0in \u00e1 enn einn veitingasta\u00f0inn, \u00ed \u00feetta sinn Francies Italian Cusine. \u00deegar \u00e9g m\u00e6tti voru flest lj\u00f3sin sl\u00f6kkt, og \u00fea\u00f0 kom \u00ed lj\u00f3s a\u00f0 helmingurinn af sta\u00f0num var rafmagnslaus! Sem betur fer var enn\u00fe\u00e1 rafmagn \u00e1 eldh\u00fasinu og \u00f6\u00f0rum matsalnum (svo og kvennakl\u00f3settinu) svo \u00e9g settist ni\u00f0ur og f\u00e9kk m\u00e9r lasagne sem var bara mj\u00f6g f\u00ednt. \u00cd eftirr\u00e9tt f\u00e9kk \u00e9g svo g\u00f3ms\u00e6tan \u00edtalskan b\u00fa\u00f0ing me\u00f0 jar\u00f0arberjum… j\u00f6mm\u00ed! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n \u00c1 me\u00f0an \u00e9g bei\u00f0 eftir matnum spjalla\u00f0i \u00e9g vi\u00f0 einn \u00fej\u00f3ninn sem sag\u00f0i m\u00e9r a\u00f0 \u00feetta h\u00fas v\u00e6ri eitt \u00fea\u00f0 elsta \u00ed b\u00e6num og \u00fdmislegt sem \u00e1 bj\u00e1ta\u00f0i. \u00dea\u00f0 var meiri a\u00f0 segja svo a\u00f0 einn morguninn hef\u00f0i einn \u00edtalski fr\u00e6ndinn (sem s\u00e9r um a\u00f0 baka brau\u00f0in \u00feeirra) m\u00e6tt klukkan 6 og fundi\u00f0 alelda rafmagnsv\u00edra! Eftir a\u00f0 hann haf\u00f0i hringt \u00e1 sl\u00f6kkvili\u00f0i\u00f0 hringdi hann svo \u00ed eigandann sem hr\u00f3pa\u00f0i upp yfir sig a\u00f0 hann hef\u00f0i \u00e1tt a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta sta\u00f0inn brenna!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Eftir matinn f\u00f3r \u00e9g svo \u00e1 plaggatasessj\u00f3ni\u00f0 og spjalla\u00f0i sm\u00e1 vi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk. Hitti tvo fr\u00e1 Stanford og tv\u00f6 \u00f6nnur sem annar \u00feeirra \u00feekkti. Svo kom yfirma\u00f0ur Odyssey (sem er gervihn\u00f6tturinn sem m\u00f3tt\u00f3k m\u00edn g\u00f6gn) og spjalla\u00f0i a\u00f0eins, en hann er ekkert \u00ed ferlegu upp\u00e1haldi hj\u00e1 m\u00e9r, og \u00e9g l\u00edklega ekki hj\u00e1 honum. Oh well.<\/p>\n \u00deegar \u00e9g var b\u00fain a\u00f0 standa m\u00edna klst plikt vi\u00f0 plaggati\u00f0 f\u00f3r \u00e9g a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a mig um en s\u00e1 f\u00e1tt ferlega \u00e1hugavert. Settist \u00fev\u00ed ni\u00f0ur og er n\u00fana a\u00f0 blogga, \u00fev\u00ed \u00fea\u00f0 eina anna\u00f0 sem \u00e9g hef a\u00f0 gera er a\u00f0 lesa v\u00edsindagreinar, og eh, \u00e9g nenni \u00fev\u00ed ekki! (S\u00ed\u00f0ar: f\u00f3r a\u00f0 taka til \u00e1 desktoppnum \u00fev\u00ed \u00fea\u00f0 var ekkert netsamband og rakst \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 Lemmings-leikinn. N\u00e6sti klukkut\u00edmi \u00feaut fram hj\u00e1! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n \u00cd fyrram\u00e1li\u00f0 \u00e6tla \u00e9g a\u00f0 leggja af sta\u00f0 \u00e1 flugv\u00f6llinn um 8 leyti\u00f0 og ver\u00f0 komin heim til Kaliforn\u00edu um 2 eftir h\u00e1degi \u00e1 sta\u00f0art\u00edma. Miki\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur \u00fea\u00f0 n\u00fa gott! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00deri\u00f0judagur 13. mars 2007 N\u00e6stum b\u00fainEftir klukkustundar s\u00ed\u00f0degisl\u00far reif \u00e9g mig \u00e1 f\u00e6tur og keyr\u00f0i til Johnson Space Center. \u00dear planta\u00f0i \u00e9g m\u00e9r \u00ed r\u00f6\u00f0 sem \u00e9g h\u00e9lt a\u00f0 v\u00e6ri til a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a risa-sundlaugina sem geimfararnir \u00e6fa sig \u00ed, en \u00ed sta\u00f0inn lenti \u00e9g \u00ed r\u00f6\u00f0 til a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a g\u00f6mlu stj\u00f3rnst\u00f6\u00f0ina, sem var sett \u00e1Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Eftir klukkustundar s\u00ed\u00f0degisl\u00far reif \u00e9g mig \u00e1 f\u00e6tur og keyr\u00f0i til Johnson Space Center. \u00dear planta\u00f0i \u00e9g m\u00e9r \u00ed r\u00f6\u00f0 sem \u00e9g h\u00e9lt a\u00f0 v\u00e6ri til a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a risa-sundlaugina sem geimfararnir \u00e6fa sig \u00ed, en \u00ed sta\u00f0inn lenti \u00e9g \u00ed r\u00f6\u00f0 til a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a g\u00f6mlu stj\u00f3rnst\u00f6\u00f0ina, sem var sett \u00e1 eftirlaun \u00e1ri\u00f0 1996.<\/p>\n