I watched the last few minutes of a press Q&A with the crew this afternoon. Caught a glimpse of a watch bracelet on Bob's arm as he was motioning and wondered if it was the X-33 or something else. Figured you guys would be all over that . My watch interest began after the end of the shuttle program, so if you asked me if I would be trying to figure out what watch an astronaut was wearing during a Q&A, and if it would be worn on the flight, I would have told you that you were nuts. Yet here we are!
Hmmm... so the Skywalker X-33 is a quartz watch. Is that why there doesn't seem to be much excitement about it yet?