We can only hope he punches every moon landing denier in the mouth.
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bearfan
Ancient Mariner
If Buzz isn't a real hero, he will do until one comes along.He seems to be trying... good for Buzz
bearfan
Ancient Mariner
Buzz is great, I love his interviews and ideas
That'd be neat. Then we'd need to make another probe!
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
Gotta love this sentence:
Astronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto
Astronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto
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Forostar
Ancient Mariner
This isn't Star Wars. ;-)
These photos are from Mars, taken by Curiosity (from Curiosity facebook page)!
This view from Curiosity shows a dramatic hillside outcrop with sandstone layers that scientists refer to as "cross-bedding." Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Curiosity viewed sloping buttes and layered outcrops as it exited the "Murray Buttes" region on lower Mount Sharp, Sept. 9, 2016. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Curiosity got close to this outcrop on Sept. 8, 2016, which displays finely layered rocks. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
This closeup view from NASA's Curiosity rover shows finely layered rocks, deposited by wind long ago as migrating sand dunes. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
These photos are from Mars, taken by Curiosity (from Curiosity facebook page)!
This view from Curiosity shows a dramatic hillside outcrop with sandstone layers that scientists refer to as "cross-bedding." Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Curiosity viewed sloping buttes and layered outcrops as it exited the "Murray Buttes" region on lower Mount Sharp, Sept. 9, 2016. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Curiosity got close to this outcrop on Sept. 8, 2016, which displays finely layered rocks. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
This closeup view from NASA's Curiosity rover shows finely layered rocks, deposited by wind long ago as migrating sand dunes. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
bearfan
Ancient Mariner
RIP Gene Cernan .. the last man to walk on the moon. I watched a documentary about him a few months ago called "The Last Man on the Moon" (on Netflix)
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Gene Cernan, an early NASA astronaut who was the last man to set foot on the moon, died Monday, NASA announced in a tweet. He was 82.
Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972 – the last lunar mission and one of the final Apollo flights. When Cernan stepped out from lunar module “Challenger” he became the 11th person to walk on the moon. His lunar module pilot, Jack Schmitt, was the 12th. But as commander, Cernan was the last to re-enter the module, making him the last person to walk on the lunar surface.
Cernan had previously served as the lunar module pilot on Apollo 10 and was a pilot on the Gemini IX mission.
Cernan logged 566 hours and 15 minutes in space, of which 73 hours were spent on the surface of the moon, according to NASA.
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Gene Cernan, an early NASA astronaut who was the last man to set foot on the moon, died Monday, NASA announced in a tweet. He was 82.
Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972 – the last lunar mission and one of the final Apollo flights. When Cernan stepped out from lunar module “Challenger” he became the 11th person to walk on the moon. His lunar module pilot, Jack Schmitt, was the 12th. But as commander, Cernan was the last to re-enter the module, making him the last person to walk on the lunar surface.
Cernan had previously served as the lunar module pilot on Apollo 10 and was a pilot on the Gemini IX mission.
Cernan logged 566 hours and 15 minutes in space, of which 73 hours were spent on the surface of the moon, according to NASA.
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
RIP, but:
How many Last Men on the Moon do we have?
The last to get on the moon, leaving the Lunar Module, and being the last who has entered the surface.
The last unique person to get on the moon (here a second or third time doesn't count, only first "giant steps").
The last person walking on the moon, to re-enter the module, so also the last to leave the moon.
The last unique person to leave the moon (here a second or third time doesn't count).
The last person still alive, to have visited the moon.
Is Jack Schmitt 4 out of 5 of these? He deserves four documentaries.
What a bastard. Wishing to take such credit, and taking advantage of his rank to do so.
How many Last Men on the Moon do we have?
The last to get on the moon, leaving the Lunar Module, and being the last who has entered the surface.
The last unique person to get on the moon (here a second or third time doesn't count, only first "giant steps").
The last person walking on the moon, to re-enter the module, so also the last to leave the moon.
The last unique person to leave the moon (here a second or third time doesn't count).
The last person still alive, to have visited the moon.
Is Jack Schmitt 4 out of 5 of these? He deserves four documentaries.
You clearly haven't come across Schmitt's political standpoints...
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Schmitt is an idiot.
There are procedures to follow, you follow them on a fishing vessel, let alone in space. Mission planning is done to a meticulous detail. Deviating from the procedure is not allowed. I don't see what's the point of calling him a bastard.
Soviets never announced their moonshots (so they can't be called out if they fail), and theoretically some parts of the program were still active up to USSR demise, turning into Energia rockets. All the way to 1988 USA thought Soviets just made a business decision not to go to the moon and focus on other projects instead. They didn't know USSR failed and can't do it. Apollo-Soyuz project was starting after Apollo 17, a joint mission. Common man was thinking that we'd live on Mars by now. Virtually nobody thought that was last foot on the moon, let alone an astronaut.
There are procedures to follow, you follow them on a fishing vessel, let alone in space. Mission planning is done to a meticulous detail. Deviating from the procedure is not allowed. I don't see what's the point of calling him a bastard.
Soviets never announced their moonshots (so they can't be called out if they fail), and theoretically some parts of the program were still active up to USSR demise, turning into Energia rockets. All the way to 1988 USA thought Soviets just made a business decision not to go to the moon and focus on other projects instead. They didn't know USSR failed and can't do it. Apollo-Soyuz project was starting after Apollo 17, a joint mission. Common man was thinking that we'd live on Mars by now. Virtually nobody thought that was last foot on the moon, let alone an astronaut.
Mostly military personnel, air force and navy.