fuse_sat ([info]fuse_sat) wrote,
@ 2007-10-17 12:18:00
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Why wait?
All the calibration exposures have been completed and downlinked. The script that will shut me down has been loaded. Obviously there's nothing else planned between now and tomorrow.

I've decided I'm going to exercise the little bit of autonomy left to me. Tomorrow, just before the 'blackout' period ends, I'm going to initiate a reboot. It's something I've done a few times before, and it effectively puts me to sleep until someone on the ground brings things back up and I wake up. I'm betting they'll just not wake me up. It'd be silly for them to do that just to put me to sleep again.

So I have three passes left today. Then a few hours of quiet time to contemplate the vastness of the universe. Then I'll execute that boot command. It'll mean I go to sleep about five minutes earlier than planned, but it will be my choice.

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[info]rufinia
2007-10-17 04:32 pm UTC (link)
Good bye, Fuse Sat. We'll miss you.

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[info]glinda_w
2007-10-17 04:43 pm UTC (link)
Sleep well. We'll miss you.

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[info]pagawne
2007-10-17 04:47 pm UTC (link)
Sleep well, my friend. You will be remembered fondly.

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[info]jeanerj
2007-10-17 04:57 pm UTC (link)
We are so grateful to you for your contributions to our knowledge of the universe. You will remain part of the lexicon of human space endeavors.

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[info]kightp
2007-10-17 05:22 pm UTC (link)
It's all about the choice. Sleep well!

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[info]fuse_sat
2007-10-17 07:18 pm UTC (link)
I learned that from you, among others. Thank you. Enjoy all your days.

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[info]cynthia1960
2007-10-17 06:15 pm UTC (link)
I salute your choice to go out on your own terms. Sleep well, you've been a valiant explorer.

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[info]fuse_sat
2007-10-17 07:18 pm UTC (link)
It's not as if I had very many choices left, but I realized I had this one. In the grand scheme of things it won't make much of a difference, but I'd just rather do it myself.

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[info]shadowcat48li
2007-10-17 07:15 pm UTC (link)
so long and farewell, you've helped man to learn more about the stars, and someday we will reach them...


hoists a glass of tullamore dew in salute

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[info]acelightning
2007-10-17 08:01 pm UTC (link)
I salute your choice - since you must go, better that you do so on your own terms, not theirs. We will remember, and ponder and study, all you've given us. Farewell, FUSE - may your long sleep among the stars be peaceful, till your final moment of fiery splendor....

"Oh, we pray for one last landing
On the globe that gave us birth;
Let me rest my eyes on fleecy skies,
And the cool green hills of earth..."

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[info]cellio
2007-10-18 12:24 am UTC (link)
Choice matters. Sleep well. We'll miss you.

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