Talk:Joan Higginbotham

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[edit] Actual birthdate?

According to the link at the bottom of the page, she should have graduated high school in 1978-79, not in 1982.Ataricom 01:05, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Retirement rumor

I've reverted to an earlier version, because the report of Higginbotham leaving was only given by one local station's site, and later the URL was removed: [1] and is invalid. No confirmation can be verified, and indeed, all indications are that she's currently still assigned to STS-126, so until this can be verified by more than one source, it shouldn't be added. Her NASA Bio was updated in October, with not a mention of that, so I'm unlikely to believe this small, two paragraph blurb on a local station's website. Furthermore, I could find no proof of confirmation from the company she was supposed to have accepted a position with. Ariel♥Gold 09:32, 14 November 2007 (UTC)