Mary Ellen Weber

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Astronaut/skydiver/Vice pres. of hospital.
Anybody know her and what she is up to these days .... still skydiving ?
She has been a hero of mine ever since that photo of her in Parachutist where she is holding a copy of Parachutist in the space shuttle.
If there was ever a skybabe that rocks. She would be # 1
on my list. I had that pic on my fridge for a few years.
Anyway, she is just someone i happened to think about today. Never met her , but would love to.
There is an astronaut from my town and high school... Mike Bloomfield. He spoke to the kids a few times , but i missed it. I've yet to talk to an astronaut. I could ask questions for days.
Mary Ellen if you read this,
let us know how you are and maybe how being in space has changed your life or any other interesting thoughts. Thank you for all you've done.

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Jeff,

Mary Weber is no longer on the active astronaut roster. She's now the Associate VP, Southwest Medical Center in Dallas, TX.....She flew on STS-70 and her last flight STS-101......not sure if she is still actively jumping.

Mike Bloomfield is still an active astronaut. He flew on STS-97 and 110.....

If I see him, you want me to say hi........

Buck

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Yea i read her bio recently on the web, but it didn't say anything about if she still jumps etc. I found a web site that had her e-mail address (soon after writing this post). I wrote her a note and mentioned this post.
Hopefully she will respond and say hi to all of us.
Yea say hi to Mike Bloomfield if ya see him. He doesn't know me but may know the last name. My Name is Jeff McCarty. Guess i should have hit the books back in the day to become one of "THEM" ... The handful of people who had the ultimate freefall through space. I always said I'd even be happy just pushing a broom at NASA to be around all that cool stuff.(understatement)
Thanks for the reply.

[daveb 1]

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Anybody know her and what she is up to these days .... still skydiving ?

Yes, she is jumping. Check out dallasthunder.com/team.php. I have no personal contact info, though.

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Thanks Dave. Glad to know she still jumps.
Wonder if she would consider doing a kiss pass for charity for deprived skydiver astronaut wannabes ? Ha... I better step away from the keyboard.