Comments on Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): Restonian to be Shot into Space

who cares about the school! This guy is amazing a...

2009-07-03T22:02:27.924-04:00

who cares about the school! This guy is amazing and we're lucky he chose our town!! His kids went to Sunrise Valley - maybe he can come back one day as a guest speaker and inspire the next generation... Moon or Mars and BEYOND!

The only place left to put the Jack D Fisher Eleme...

2009-07-02T00:07:02.929-04:00

The only place left to put the Jack D Fisher Elementary School will be Brown's Chapel.

Congratulations to Major Fischer on being selected...

2009-07-01T16:13:21.708-04:00

Congratulations to Major Fischer on being selected for the astronaut corps --well done!

On a more humorous note, perhaps after he's launched into orbit he can find the 'space in outer space', so to speak, for all those RA file cabinets?

This guy is a neighbor and just one really nice gu...

2009-07-01T15:55:14.147-04:00

This guy is a neighbor and just one really nice guy with a sweet wife and two very polite kids. We will miss them as they travel to Houston for two years of being an ASCANS (Astronaut Candidates).

to answer SouthLakesMom's question: I dunno ...

2009-07-01T15:45:38.105-04:00

to answer SouthLakesMom's question:

I dunno but it had better be Russet Brown!!

"He'll be part of the first astronaut cor...

2009-07-01T14:20:49.936-04:00

"He'll be part of the first astronaut corps to never fly in the space shuttle, which is scheduled to be retired next year."

Umm...so what will he fly in?

Of course, we have Alan Webb for South Lake High S...

2009-07-01T13:02:46.737-04:00

Of course, we have Alan Webb for South Lake High School.

In South Reston we make superstars like Grant Hill...

2009-07-01T12:51:22.645-04:00

In South Reston we make superstars like Grant Hill.

Back on point -- a big congratulations to MAJ Fisc...

2009-07-01T11:24:49.960-04:00

Back on point -- a big congratulations to MAJ Fischer... what an honor.

Yes, we wouldn't want him to have to visit any...

2009-07-01T11:17:10.607-04:00

Yes, we wouldn't want him to have to visit any of the schools in less desired South Reston.

What a great story ... hopefully MAJ Fischer will...

2009-07-01T10:32:08.683-04:00

What a great story ... hopefully MAJ Fischer will be able to tell some great sories at Buzz Aldrin Elementary school in a few years...

Ahahahaa...that last line killed me.

2009-07-01T10:18:45.156-04:00

Ahahahaa...that last line killed me.