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in reply to The most unusual place I have logged into Perl Monks from is:

I wonder which of the 9 (as I write) Monks whose most exotic sites were on a Space Shuttle were lucky enough to have been able to get to PerlMonks from the Space Shuttle. (Or conversely, which 9 astronauts who've flown on the Shuttle are lucky enough to be Perl Monks.) I wonder how many Monks could get near an active Space Shuttle,

emc

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.

—Igor Sikorsky, reported in AOPA Pilot magazine February 2003.

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Re^2: The most unusual place I have logged into Perl Monks from is:
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 10, 2006 at 09:12 UTC
    It only says logged in from a space shuttle... not necessarily from a space shuttle whilst in orbit.

      I never mentioned the Space Shuttle being in orbit at the time, either. I did, however, make the assumption that it was an active Shuttle, not one in a museum, where interested persons could climb all over it with few restrictions.

      I am quite aware that the set of people who have access to the Shuttle is much larger than the set of people who fly in the Shuttle.

      emc

      At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.

      —Igor Sikorsky, reported in AOPA Pilot magazine February 2003.