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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
...to explore our solar system and beyond
ABOUT ME
... I was born when the first woman went into space and through my studies have traveled and lived abroad for a while. Enjoy good music and all the cultural events - this year I'll will start to support the pirate party here in Berlin and am busy with all kinds of outreach projects...check out http://cansat.de and http://spaceweek.de - Aktuelle Ereignisse - 2nd CanSat competition in Germany
PHILOSOPHY
True life is lived when tiny changes occur. - Leo Tolstoi
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
just a little...had trouble with my landlord for more than 7 years... an endless fight... 1st they take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.... well, have now only a suit case in Berlin and am more with my Mom in Warendorf ---- anybody passing through is welcomed to stay with me.
Interests
Politics, music, film, theatre, swimming, sailing, skiing and travelling:)
- partying
- politics
- traveling
- music
- sailing
- skiing
- swimming
Music, Movies, and Books
My favorite music are Gov't Mule, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Phish, the Grateful Dead, Derek Trucks Band,...my not so guilty musical pleasures are Patti Smith, Bruce Springfield, The Ramones, Sex Pistols,The Stranglers,Tom Verlaine and other notabilities from a by-gone era...Movies: All the old stuff like Woman on the Moon, Limelight, Citizen Kane, Touch Of Evil, The Godfather, as well as the newer once...Bladerunner, 2001:A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Manhattan, Green Tomato, well they are so many films on the markets...I love reading, everything and everykind - mainly politics, science fiction, poetry, drama, ...my favourite author is certainly A.C. Clark
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
- encountered Sir A.C.Clarke in Beijing in 1996 during the International Astronautical Congress
- initiated the 1st CanSat Competiton in Germany - http://cansat.de/home_en.html
Teach, Learn, Share
If you like to start a CanSat competition in your country, please let me know - I will support you in this quest.
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, China, France, Italy, Lithuania, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Austria, France, United States