Good morning, CoSoNauts ... T+12 hours, no side effects so far from the #COVID19 bivalent booster. When I had my first shot, the butt-kicking began at T+15 hours, so we'll see ...
In the next message, a little Space trivia ...
Ever wonder what the "T" stands for when we space biz people say, "T minus 60 seconds ..."?
The T stands for Time!
It goes back to the 1950s, when both the Air Force and the Army were at Cape Canaveral firing test missiles. The USAF used T for Time, but the Army used X! Wernher von Braun was with the Army at that time; perhaps the X went back to the V-2 tests at Peenemunde.
Eventually the USAF took over missile tests, von Braun went to NASA, and the X went away. We were left with T. 😊
@WordsmithFL You are living my dream! That is so cool.
@JK Yeah, well, not so glamorous when it's the middle of the night and you're standing out amongst the mosquitoes waiting for a launch only to have it cancelled because some schmuck sailed his boat into the no-sail zone. 🤬
But it has its perks. 😊
@JK It's what I do when I'm not babbling about politics. 😉 I live seven miles south of Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX woke me up this morning at 4:35 AM EST with a night launch.