Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, has died
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#2Statements on Passing of Michael Collins.
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/statements-on-passing-of-...
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#3I'm glad his memoir, "Carrying the Fire", got mentioned. It's one of the best astronaut memoirs.
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#4Clear skies and tailwinds. Can't get back to the Moon fast enough, while we still have living continuity to Apollo. Can't believe how low the low in our space program has been.
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#5Only this one left https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGFcC5IZyvs
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#6Only this one left https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGFcC5IZyvs
I'm convinced he will live forever. My mental health depends on it.
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#7Only four people are still alive that have walked on the moon and only 10 Apollo Moon mission people are still alive.
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/890/who-has-walked-on-the-...
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#8I'm glad his memoir, "Carrying the Fire", got mentioned. It's one of the best astronaut memoirs.
Definitively!
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#9It turns out that https://xkcd.com/893/ was posted almost ten years ago. Although he didn't actually get to walk on the moon, he still went there.
Re: Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, has died
#10Clear skies and tailwinds. Can't get back to the Moon fast enough, while we still have living continuity to Apollo. Can't believe how low the low in our space program has been.
SpaceX is still blowing up rockets like it's 1950s NASA, maybe we should just fully fund the competent folks at 2020s NASA instead.