Feels like the end of an era.
Goodbye John Glenn
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Singlemalt
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It is; though the beginning was when we stopped moon launches.
BarnBuster
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tangerinegreen555
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He was one of my boyhood heros. I still remember our entire elementary school classes marched into the TV room to watch Mercury and Gemini launches.
And everybody paid attention, no childish horseplay. We were in awe of the space program. The president said 'we are going to the moon' and we were all in.
It's utterly incredible there are those on this site who claim it was faked.
I'm glad I'm old sometimes.
And everybody paid attention, no childish horseplay. We were in awe of the space program. The president said 'we are going to the moon' and we were all in.
It's utterly incredible there are those on this site who claim it was faked.
I'm glad I'm old sometimes.
cannabineer
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dannyboy602
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agreed. bet glenn had some good ufo stories.
cannabineer
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I believe it was he who discovered "the constellation Urion" after venting some liquid ...
tangerinegreen555
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A couple of times they saw UFO's up there.
That's not to say they were aliens, they just couldn't ID what they saw out the window.
Singlemalt
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Me too, but sometimes I think we remember too much. I'll likely take flak around here, but the biggest disappointment in my life (personal and otherwise) was the end of space exploration.
tangerinegreen555
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I like to think we're still exploring with the Hubble. We'll go back up there someday.
Singlemalt
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Yeah, but we will miss it *shrug*
Singlemalt
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When we do go to the moon again, they will be rookies. No one involved/experienced with early space exploration in any country will be apart of it. Fuckin re-inventing the wheel. It's a god damned shame
tyler.durden
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There's a rare audio recording of Glenn on launch day where he says, "It's seems so close I feel I could reach out and touch Uranus..." To Houston's horror, the recording was from NASA's locker room...
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cannabineer
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We will surely go back ... with better propulsion.
The Apollo program was magnificent, but I'll use this metaphor: it was the equivalent of fighting the Pacific campaign of WW2 using oar power.
My mind recoils imagining staged galleys.
MisterBouncyBounce
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"The Right Stuff" was a great movie. For anyone interested in our space program and hasn't seen it, you'd really enjoy it.
He always knew when to "keep his wick dry".
RIP John Glenn.
He always knew when to "keep his wick dry".
RIP John Glenn.
Hookabelly
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Before my time, BUT makes me again reflect on our cultural icons. Do we even have them anymore? Seems with the quick dissemination of info everything is so fleeting. We were just watching an old documentary on John Lennon. Remember when things in our culture were all consuming? The astronauts were gods.
When I saw teens admiring Justin Bieber and my generation had the Mercury 7, smh
Although more homage than documentary it was good.
To damn true, all that forward momentum lost and regaining it will be so damned expensive, sigh. It goes against our species future.
cannabineer
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This has such promise. Huge energy hog in its current elaboration, but it's early days and ... apparently a reactionless drive. That is Star Trek goodness, maybe.