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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 16, 2017 21:11:48 GMT
linkRIP Last man on the moon.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 16, 2017 21:32:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 21:37:17 GMT
The moon missions were a really ground breaking short period of science and adventure and hard to believe now that it's so long ago, and the last man on the moon as far back as 1972.
R.I.P. Gene Cernan
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Post by salopstick on Jan 16, 2017 21:42:55 GMT
Why waste money on going to the moon. Why waste money going to mars.
'Cause it's next. 'Cause we came out of the cave, and we looked over the hill and we saw fire; and we crossed the ocean and we pioneered the west, and we took to the sky. The history of man is hung on a timeline of exploration and this is what's next.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 22:14:21 GMT
Very sad news another of the heroes of my youth has gone .....RIP Captain Cernan
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 22:16:50 GMT
A recent documentary about his life entitled " The last man on the moon " is well worth watching and his book of the same title equally so.
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Post by potterinleeds on Jan 16, 2017 23:03:21 GMT
I wonder if we'll ever go back? I hope I live long enough to see humans land on Mars.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 23:43:16 GMT
Why waste money on going to the moon. Why waste money going to mars. 'Cause it's next. 'Cause we came out of the cave, and we looked over the hill and we saw fire; and we crossed the ocean and we pioneered the west, and we took to the sky. The history of man is hung on a timeline of exploration and this is what's next. Those were fine words ....." Man must explore .....and going to the Moon was exploration at its greatest " . |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 0:10:20 GMT
I wonder if we'll ever go back? I hope I live long enough to see humans land on Mars. I hold that same hope myself .....seeing us get to the Moon and Mars in my lifetime would be marvellous .....it may not be as long as we were once thinking it would be ? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 0:33:04 GMT
I wonder if we'll ever go back? I hope I live long enough to see humans land on Mars. I hold that same hope myself .....seeing us get to the Moon and Mars in my lifetime would be marvellous .....it may not be as long as we were once thinking it would be ? RIP Gene. On the subject of space exploration, the Irish are planning a mission to land on the Sun.. At a press conference a journalist asked the head of the mission " will it not be too hot to land on the Sun..." Captain Murphy, head of the Irish Space Agency replied " Do you think we are stupid, we have already thought of that, and we have decided to go at night when it is cooler".... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 0:39:52 GMT
I hold that same hope myself .....seeing us get to the Moon and Mars in my lifetime would be marvellous .....it may not be as long as we were once thinking it would be ? RIP Gene. On the subject of space exploration, the Irish are planning a mission to land on the Sun.. At a press conference a journalist asked the head of the mission " will it not be too hot to land on the Sun..." Captain Murphy, head of the Irish Space Agency replied " Do you think we are stupid, we have already thought of that, and we have decided to go at night when it is cooler".... You cant fool the Irish  |
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 17, 2017 2:59:48 GMT
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Post by britsabroad on Jan 17, 2017 3:08:47 GMT
RIP. I was a big fan of his, not many of that ilk around anymore. Straight talking and balls of steel.
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Post by stayingupfor GermanStokie on Jan 17, 2017 9:41:02 GMT
I never knew of him until I saw the last man on the moon. Amazing docu-film and I recommend anyone to see it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 10:38:18 GMT
R.I.P.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 23:39:00 GMT
Attachment DeletedThis is a superb photo of Apollo 17 Lunar Module. " Challenger " after lift off from the moon while preparing to re-dock with the CSM .....flown by Gene Cernan who is clearly visible in the right window of the LM
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