Kennedy Space Center: Santa Touches Down to Install High-Tech Gadget

by PEP | December 24, 2007 at 06:17 pm
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For decades, Santa has zoomed into Kennedy Space Center --I should know, I helped manage his landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility. What's Santa like? And what special mission is he on at KSC this year?

We all know that NORAD is tracking Santa around the world tonight, but did you know that Santa will be landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida?

Using the oh-so-successful Canadian robot arm used on the International Space Station and Space Shuttle missions, Santa conferred with NASA engineers and built a new tool to help get the toys to children. Called the EXtra-Manual Aid System (X-MAS), the new component on Santa's sleigh will help Santa protect his joints in the weather as he gets presents out of his sleigh.

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Jordan Yerman
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I love it.

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PEP

Glad you enjoyed it! Sorry that I can't reveal details of the Santa landings before...but well, you know how it is.      ;}  

 

NP has been fun. 

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