Amigans,

All of you who attended the Amiga99© Computer show,
hosted by Amigan-St. Louis's Bob and Diana Scharp in
St. Louis, MO a few years back, will certainly remember
the banquet. Dr. Linda Godwin, a current astronaut and
her husband, Col. Steve Nagel (retired USAF), a former
astronaut and current NASA employee, were two unforgettable
speakers. Linda not only spoke of her exploits in the
space program, she brought a video that blew our
(Amiga) socks off.

Well, it's Linda's turn to go into space again. I have
heard that she is scheduled to launch November 29. The
mission calls for her and several other astronauts to
go to the new space station, and return several days later.

I know I speak for all of you when I say that Diana and
I wish her the very best flight and a soft touchdown
back on earth.

For more information on the mission, see the NASA's
website, and follow the various links. Here is some
brief information off of their site at: http://www.nasa.gov

Date/2001  Vehicle  Pad   Mission

Nov. 29    OV-105   39-B  KSC STS-108/International
                          Space Station-UF1 T-0:  TBD


Linda's NASA EXPERIENCE: Dr. Godwin joined NASA in 1980, in
the Payload Operations Division, Mission Operations
Directorate, where she worked in payload integration
(attached payloads and Spacelabs), and as a flight
controller and payloads officer on several Shuttle missions.

Selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate in June 1985,
Dr. Godwin became an astronaut in July 1986. Her
technical assignments have included working with flight
software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration
Laboratory (SAIL), and coordinating mission development
activities for the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), deployable
payloads, and Spacelab missions. She also has served as
Chief of Astronaut Appearances, Chief of the Mission
Development Branch of the Astronaut Office and as the
astronaut liaison to its Educational Working Group,
Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office, and Deputy Director,
Flight Crew Operations Directorate.

A veteran of three space flights, Dr. Godwin has logged
over 633 hours in space, including a 6-hour spacewalk.
In 1991 she served as a Mission Specialist on STS-37,
was the Payload Commander on STS-59 in 1994, and in 1996
was on the crew of STS-76, a Mir docking mission.
Dr. Godwin is currently assigned to STS-108, UF-1,
which will be a flight to the International Space Station
(ISS) to change out the ISS crew and to deliver supplies,
logistics and science experiments.

Let's all keep her in our prayers for a successful
mission and a safe return.

On a personal note...

In case you have not heard, Diana and I will not be
hosting an AMIGA® event in St. Louis this year. We are
in the process of adopting a son, and this is keeping
us very busy. We have to fly to Russia to finalize the
adoption. We have been spending much time on this over
the past year. Although we were able to do the Amiga 2001©
show, we found that the adoption, our merger with
American Airlines, new security policies, extra training
required by American, my switching to a newer and
bigger aircraft, the airport getting ready to purchase
our house, the neighbors houses being torn down, and our
need to build a new house, will preclude our doing a show
for 2002. We are still doing our video business and
selling Amiga items, so feel free to visit our web site
for information on that at: http://www.amiga-stl.com
The Petro ROAST tape, from the Amiga 2001 show is about
done, and you can order yours now. The Amigan-St. Louis
web site has been updated, and it should be updated again,
once I get a moment to myself.

The good news about our not doing a show this year is that
we are now free to attend Kermit's show. We hope you will
all join us, when we visit Kermit Woodall's Amiga show,
"Amiga Expo 2002", being held near Baltimore during the
same time period we held our shows - late March. Exact dates
and more information are available on the website he
has put up. He is getting a nice list of exhibitors, and
some good speakers are scheduled. Check it out
at:  http://www.amigaexpo.com

Hope to see you all there. I'm sure it will be a great
show.

Best Regards,
Bob & Diana Scharp