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Touch down at Signs Express
Touch down at Signs Express
Signs Express welcomes Nasa astronauts to its headquarters in Norwich.The seven manned crew of Space Shuttle Discovery completed their journey to the International Space Station which orbits the earth at an incredible 200 miles up, earlier this year. After touch down, the astronauts embarked on their next journey – a visit to the UK to inspire young minds and meet with local business people to promote the need for a technically educated workforce.
The Norfolk Exchange, a not-for-profit organisation which promotes links between schools and businesses in the county, heard that there would be a visit from the astronauts to the UK this month. The opportunity was quickly snapped up when Norfolk was suggested as another destination along with London and Cardiff.
As sponsors of the event, Signs Express gave a warm welcome to two of the astronauts at its headquarters on St Matthews Road, Norwich. Ken Ham and Karen Nyberg talked about their first hand experiences, explaining the purpose of the mission and regaling stories of what it was really like to be in space. The pair were also presented with several Norwich goodies to celebrate their first time in Norfolk.
Signs Express managing director Craig Brown commented on the event: “We were very excited to be given the opportunity to receive such special guests. The scheme to help promote technological learning is important in this day and age, especially as the number of students studying sciences and engineering is decreasing year-on-year. Listening to the experiences of both Ken and Karen was inspiring. I do think, however,” Craig continued with a smile, “that the pair could possibly reconsider their career choice after their quick lesson in sign making from our operations manager Justin Pearce. I think we saw a lot of potential.”
As well as visiting Signs Express the astronauts also visited three separate schools in the area including Reepham High School, where Signs Express were delighted to present with a plaque to commemorate the event. The astronauts then gave an evening talk and Q&A session at the John Innes Conference Centre in Norwich before returning to London to continue their trip onto Cardiff.
For more information visit: http://www.signsexpress.co.uk
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What’s occurring….
..are we re-gressing as a society? 40 years ago astronauts were landing on the moon – Now 40 years later all they’re doing is making signs 😕
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The Sign Industry?
There’s no space for Astronauts
Its not rocket science anywayI hope they vacuum packed those signs before they left
I just think its a little late to go on educational courses after the eventGreat photos though! Well Done!
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apparently they have been reading our "aliens dont exist" thread and dropped into to confirm there is other forms of life out there and could the guys at Sign Express let Warren Beard from the boards know he is completely wrong and Robert Lambie really does know what he is talking about. 😉 :lol1:
I actually think its a pretty cool story and would be great have these sort of pictures hanging on your office/reception wall. Would make good publicity and reading for newspapers too…
what i would like to know though is… what the hell is that water bottle doing on the bench? 😕 😉
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quote Robert Lambie:I actually think its a pretty cool story and would be great have these sort of pictures hanging on your office/reception wall. Would make good publicity and reading for newspapers too…
Well Yeah!
Don’t think that many can say that they were busy one day knocking out signs when one day there was a knock on the door and guess who was just popping by for a cuppa
Its a great story – quite lifting – propels one into another realm
It will be a great boost for Signs ExpressIt would be confusing for astronaut to work in signs though
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This was taken on their arrival at Signs Express…. lets hope it wasnt the women doing the parking! 😕
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I must say I’m a little jealous of the guys at Signs Express.
When it comes to space I’m a bit geeky as I follow the Shuttle missions in real time on NASA TV and remember the mission with Ken Ham and Karen Nyberg earlier this year.
One funny thing was seeing Karens hair on the Station when she hadn’t tied it back, talk about a bad hair day 😮
Next mission, Shuttle STS-125 launch — Hubble Servicing Mission on the 10th October if their are any other geeky types among us.
Oh well back to earth now and do some work!!!!!
Neil
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quote Robert Lambie:apparently they have been reading our “aliens dont exist” thread and dropped into to confirm there is other forms of life out there and could the guys at Sign Express let Warren Beard from the boards know he is completely wrong and Robert Lambie really does know what he is talking about. 😉 :lol1:I actually think its a pretty cool story and would be great have these sort of pictures hanging on your office/reception wall. Would make good publicity and reading for newspapers too…
what i would like to know though is… what the hell is that water bottle doing on the bench? 😕 😉
.Rob they forgot to bring the proof with them, but they promised next time they are up there they will take along a polaroid and catch a few snaps of a real one just for me. 🙄 :lol1:
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quote Robert Lambie:what i would like to know though is… what the hell is that water bottle doing on the bench? 😕 😉 .Come on Rob that’s not a water bottle, its Avery surface cleaner (put in a bottle that doesn’t leak!)…
No pun intended but these guys were very “down to earth” and have been travelling around the UK trying to get kids interested in science; local business’s were asked to sponsor the event to help make it happen and we got involved…as a bit of fun we asked if they wanted to make a couple of signs which they sportingly agreed to do, so we had them print 2 images onto clear vinyl then back up with white and apply 4 stand-off’s…I don’t think either of them will be giving up their day jobs.
One thing they did do was show up a 20 minute DVD that the crew had made and did a live commentary to it…which was superb and at the end of the day how often do you get to spend and afternoon with and astronaut?
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quote Robert Lambie:… lets hope it wasnt the women doing the parking! 😕.
Oh, brave man 😉
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quote Robert Lambie:what i would like to know though is… what the hell is that water bottle doing on the bench? 😕 😉.
We got loads of those bottles, can spray without it
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