FINALLY, some science! Far too many have "poo-poo'd" the ISS as a waste of time, energy and money… And there have been some significant, even important statements made about some of the seemingly wasteful and inefficient methods used by NASA to get to this point. But…The BOTTOM LINE is: NOW, THE SCIENCE BEGINS!

And P.S…. good luck on that serendipitous potential thangy! HO!

There are currently 43 Danes named "Fuglesang" and 1476 named "Fuglsang".

And by selfish I mean that I'm willing to put the lives of other people at stake for the sake of getting the damn thing up there. I wish the Automated Transfer Vehicle was further along (and stronger).

Great to see the plush 'neutralino' in space. Now if we could detect the real deal. Also looking forward to data coming back from the AMS experiment. Good luck and Godspeed to all aboard Discovery.

Although I am German, I don't know if "Fuglesang" could have German roots. Better ask some Swedish fellows

@ Sili

Selfish? No, everyone wants to see the AMS up and running! Would be too bad if an already buildt experiment cannot be run, especially since it is not just "one" experiment, I deem it to be rather important….

Most seriously of them, I meant to imply that I tentatively translate Fuglesang to what perhaps a danish or, less likely perhaps, a german say when they speak of "bird song". Is there a language expert in the house?

Here's a description of how Fuglesang ran the ALTEA cosmic radiation experiment on his first space mission. (Also describes the DESIRE experiment.) Speak of having particles on your mind!

[And here's a funny example of how his accomplishment are spoofed in the name of education, that I stumbled on.]

"A little-known fact about Christer Fuglesang is that in 1980 the physics section of the students union at KTH awarded him their highest honour: the Order of the Integral for his "remarkable contributions in the services of the section", a recognition of his work helping to integrate new students, and organising and leading the singing at student parties during his time at KTH."

Right, organizing the "snaps" (vodka) songs that are so important for the students social … , em, education and research.

Btw, Fuglesang isn't your everyday swedish name, so I wonder what it comes from. "Bird song", um, Danish or German roots?

Call me selfish, but I really hope they get to pu up the alpha-spectrometer thingie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3RXsStI8pg

The boosters seperating was Awsome!!

I also love particle zoo and it's so cool that they're having one of their plushes heading into space.