CONNIE STEUBER:  

CLASS OF 1971
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WELL, AFTER LEAVING HIGH SCHOOL, I GOT INTO A PARTYING FRENZIE AND LIVED AT FRIDAY VILLAGE AND I 70 WAS OUT MY 3RD STORY APT, WE HAD LOT'S OF HALL PARTIES, CHRISTMAS PARTIES, AND WE JUST PARTY, PARTY, PARTIED:-) THEN, I MET THE FATHER OF MY ONE AND ONLY DAUGHTER, WE STAYED MARRIED FOR A FEW, GOT DIVORCED & REMARRIED AGAIN. DON'T EVER DO IT FOR THE KIDS, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY!! I GOT A JOB IN GREENCASTLE AT HASHIMOTO FORMING, AND THE JAPANEESE SENT ME TOO FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES IN JAPAN TOO LEARN COMPUTERIZED ROBOTICS FOR THIRTEEN WEEKS LONG. WORKED HARD, HAD A BALL, AND OPENED A FEW TUNNEL VISIONED MALE JAPS, AND CONSTANTLY CHALLENGED THEM. AS USUAL, I WON:-) WORKED THERE FOR A FEW YEARS AND WHEN MY BOSS SAID, "HEY CONNIE I WOULD LIKE YOU TOO TRAIN THIS MAN TOO LEARN YOU'RE JOB SO HE CAN BE YOU'RE BOSS?? SO I TOLD THEM AUSTA LA PASTA AND WHERE THEY COULD TAKE THAT POSITION:-) SO I LEFT THEM IN FULL OPERATION WITHOUT A ROBOTIC'S SPECIALIST:-) I HAD THE MOST DANGEROUS JOB IN THE PLANT I WORKED INSIDE A LOCKED CAGE AND HAD TOO PROGRAM THE ROBOT TOO MAKE CUTS ON THE ENDS OF THE CAR PARTS!! INSIDE MY CAGE WERE TWO AUTOMATIC TURN TABLES WITH 2 6 DYE TABLE ROTARY TABLES, THE DYES WEIGHED 50 TO 75LBS A EACH. AND DEPENDING ON THE JOB, YOU HAD TOO REPLACE THE DYES ON THE TURNTABLES, AND REPROGRAM THE ROBOT. BUT I PULLED A SLICK ONE, BEFORE MR. HASHIMOTO CAME I PROGRAMMED MY ROBOT TOO BE IN A POSITION TOO SWING A GOLF CLUB, YEAH HE WAS IMPRESSED!! I WORKED 80-110 HRS A WEEK TRAINING NEW PEOPLE ALL THE JOBS IN THE PLANT SINCE I WAS ONE OF A FEW THAT HAD ALL THE TRAINING ON EVERYTHING!! WELL, FROM THERE MY DAUGHTER AND I MOVED TOO CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NASA, WANTING A INTERVIEW WITH ME AND I HAD TOO GO TOO THERE SCHOOL, AND SO I DID:-) I CRAMMED A 3 YEAR COURSE IN 6MO. I HAD TOO HAVE 37 NASA CERTIFICATIONS, AND I HAD TOO HAVE TOP SECURITY SPEFICATIONS ON TOP OF THE EDUCATION. SO, I WORKED IN THE CLEAN ROOM WITH ALL OF THE ENGINEERS, AND THE ASTRONAUTS!! I BUILT JOHN GLEN'S MOCK UP, I HAD TOO CUT THE HEXOGON WINDOW ON TOP, AND I BUILT HIS PERSONAL GLOVE BOX WHERE HE PUT HIS HANDS IN TOO PERFORM EXPERIMENTS THAT WERE ...Expand for more
ON THE PAYLOAD!! I WAS ONE OUT OF TWO WOMEN IN NASA HISTORY TOO RECEIVE MVACK TRAINING. AND, SINCE I WAS INTO BODY BUILDING, AND HAD A BODY FAT 9% AND HAD 27 YEARS OF JUJITSU, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL FOR ME TO TACKLE:-) WHEN THE SHUTTLE WAS ELSEWHERE WE HAD TO PERFORM PROPERTY MAINTANANCE, THAT WAS NOT FUN, I HATED THE HEAT!! I LOVED THE JOB AND MADE BIG BUCKS, AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, NASA LAID OFF 270,000 PEOPLE NATIONWIDE. AND THAT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IS WHY NOW TODAY THE VEHICLES ARE FALLING FROM THE SKY, THEY ARE TIRED AND NEED TO BE RETIRED AND NEW ONES MADE. KNOW WHY NASA DIDN'T CALL BACK THE SHUTTLE THAT BLEW UP COMING BACK DOWN TOO RE-ENTER EARTH? BECASUE LIFT OFF WAS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT, THEY LET THE LIVES OF ALL THOSE ON THE VEHICLE INCLUDING ONE OF THEM FROM IRAQ THAT SAID TOO HIS FAMILY, "FOR SOME REASON I DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THIS MISSION." HHHHHMMMMMMMM IMAGINE THAT! NASA SAYS THEY COULN'T RECALL THE VEHICLE, YOU KNOW THE ONE THAT HAD FOAM FALLING OFF THE BELLY, WELL HIS FEELING WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY:-) I MISS THE CHALLENGES AND THE FUN, AND THE GLAM!! I ACTUALLY ATE SKITTLES WITH INSIDE THE MOCK UP WITH JOHN GLEN IN THE CLEAN ROOM:-) I ACTUALLY PACKED HIS UNDERWEAR AND ALL OF HIS GEAR!! THAT PARTICULAR YEAR HE WENT UP,WE PACKED ON A PAYLOAD SOME SCIENTIST CRYSTALS. WELL, SINCE MY BABY BROTHER HAS LYMPHATIC LUKEMIA, HE FLEW TWO CRYSTALS IN HIS POCKET FOR ME, AND UNDERNEATH I WAS BUNDLING WIRRING, I HAD SOME NICKEL PLATED TAPE AND I SECRETELY FLEW FOUR OTHER CRYSTALS MYSELF, BECAUSE WE UNDRESS THE VEHICLE AS WELL WHEN IT RETURNS, SO I HAVE A PART OF SPACE THAT WILL LAST FOREVER!! JOHN GLEN HIMSELF WAS AN EXPERIMENT FOR "GERIATRICS"!! I SIGNED UP TOO VOLUNTEER TOO GO UP, BUT DON'T KNOW THAT I WILL EVER SEE THAT DREAM COME TOO PAST. NOW I AM MARRIED TOO MARK STEUBER, WE GOT MARRIED IN 2000, I HAVE A NEW GRANDAUGHTER THAT'S 17 MO OLD AND JUST THE MOST GORGEOUS LIL GIRL YOU EVER DID SEE, OF COURSE THAT IS NEXT TOO MY DAUGHTER WHOM I'M PROUD OF SHE'S AN EXCELLENT DAUGHTER, AN EXCELLENT WIFE, AN EXCELLENT CHRISTIAN, AN EXCELLENT MOTHER, AND BIG HEARTED AND GORGEOUS OF COURSE, LIKE HER MOM:-)
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