Just thought I’d share this NASA moment with you all –
As Atlantis lifted off for the last time, I watched it live, then sent a
congratulatory text to Dr Jack Bacon at NASA (an Intl Space Station
manager – NASA Engineers Without Borders contact for us).
He just replied to me that there is a packet of dried pineapple going up on
the shuttle to EWB astronaut Ron Garan who is now on the space station – the pineapple was dried in the EWB village-sized food dryer that eQuilter
funded – it was built and tested in Houston/Johnson Space Center NASA –
being constructed at an orphanage in Rwanda later this month with eQuilter
financial support. (We’ve also helped to fund a clean water system in Rwanda previous to this)
So there’s a little connection from eQuilter on the way to space at this
moment!
Jack and his wife witnessed the launch at NASA and are teary-eyed… me too!
When I go to Houston for the big quilt festival in late October, I have dinner with Jack and Kathy. Last time I got the VIP tour of the Johnson Space Center, then had dinner with all the self-described rocket scientists
of their EWB chapter, and sat next to Ron who will be eating that dried
pineapple later today perhaps! When Jack calls up to Ron on the station, he tells him about our quilt drive for Japan, etc….. so very cool that
eQuilter and my name is mentioned up on the Space Station.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/08/space.shuttle/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
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