ok so a recently retuned astronaut gets wobbly....I have a bigger ???

[Perky]

What the heck is a cosmic electrician????? That apparently is her formal job function on the shuttle.

[Poll_Blind]

1. Ha! I always thought "cosmic electrician" was a euphemism!

I won't say what for, this ain't the lounge. ;)

PB

[XNASA]

2. Where'd you hear that?

From what I know, her official title is "Mission Specialist" and she's a Mechanical Engineer.

She had worked in the EVA (Spacewalk) Office, so that was her specialty.

I'm sure the 'cosmic electrician' title is informal, rather than formal.

[Perky]

3. link and snip

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/09/22/shuttle.astronaut.ap/index.html

snip

Piper, a 43-year-old from St. Paul, Minnesota, is a commander in the Navy and was a mission specialist and cosmic electrician aboard the shuttle.

She carried out two of the spacewalks, joining an elite club of only six other U.S. women and a single Russian woman who have made spacewalks.

[XNASA]

4. I'm sure it's informal.

It's probably a reference about the work she did during her 2 EVA's, connecting cables, etc.

It's just something that CNN made up.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. It's a LIE. A LIE. First off, women should be home cookin' & havin babies.

Second, all that's up there is a papier mache sky, God, Angels, and Jesus.

Science is just French for "Satan"!

[acmejack]

6. Why God, she defied the natural order!

The shameless hussy must pay! Stone her...