Re: Nick Names

From Jorge:
Brian Gaff wrote:
Pambo? What is that all about then?

Nickname given to Pam Melroy by Brian Duffy (her CDR on STS-92). Play on
words with "Rambo" (there is a Rambo poster in the 120 crew's office
with Pam's face superimposed over Stallone's).

George Zamka already had the callsign "Zambo", so when he and Pam were
assigned to 120, they gave the rest of the crew "-bo" nicknames as well:

Scott Parazynski - Longbow (height)
Doug Wheelock - Flambo (can start a fire just about anywhere, with any
materials)
Stephanie Wilson - Robeau (lead robotic arm operator)
Dan Tani - Ichibo (Tani is Japanese-American; Ichi is Japanese for "one"
and means "first" or "best" when used as a prefix)
Paolo Nespoli - Rocky (couldn't think of a -bo nickname that fit, but he
does faintly resemble Stallone's other character)

Here are photos of the nametags:
http://collectspace.com/review/sts120_nametags.jpg
(From http://collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/000621.html)

Dan Tani's nickname is an obvious play on 'Soichi'.


~ CT

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