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A present for Santa. A present for Daddy. To listen to him talk about his motivations (get on Santa's good side) and inspirations (toys) in the early morning. He really loves doing this creative stuff.

And when I told him we would put the picture up on the website for the world to see ("even in Afghanistan?"), he thought that was sooooo coooool.

I've got to go get my notes from our cool breakfast time yesterday morning.

Happy Holidays. "Aaaaaand away they go!" VO
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Yo Duffin...cool picture.

"An unidentified couple sits by a campfire, watching the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour from Merritt Island, Fla., Nov. 23, 2002. Endeavour carried a crew of seven on a crew-exchange and construction mission to the International Space Station. The photograph was a time exposure. Diagonal lines on right are telephone lines. Photo by Duffin Mcgee/Reuters."

Mr. Mcgee, Explain how you did this? What was it like to be watching it and know you were capturing it? Was the shot setup to tell a story? What about the telephone lines? Was it lucky to have the fiery rockets and cargo and people moving outward toward space while the phone (or iNet) lines shoot straight at us. Telling us the more about the always awe inspiring event of watching a shuttle launch. Or any rocket launch.

I watched the Delta 4 countdown-to-abort on Tuesday anxiously with Jeff F. via email and the graciouness of our benefactors networkedness video streamage. Taking in the kind of technology SAIC lives to produce. Then the inaugural launch on Wednesday. A cool rocket week capped off by this. Looking for video now.

Thanks Jeff for the inspiration. And also to Duffin McGee (woa), the photographer, for the cool picture. And then to Broward Liston for the great story on ABCNews.com...

"A nighttime shuttle launch can light up Florida beaches 100 miles in either direction, often well enough to illuminate the whitecaps on waves. The sky was so clear on Saturday that even as Endeavour reached the edge of space it shone like the brightest star in the night."

And...wouldn't it be fun to see if there were any Jazz fans among the International Space Station scientists to get on the show and talk about being and coming back from space when they get back to earth. Let's hear from the space jazz fans!

Night Night
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