Ghostsof1915 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 One of my first memories was watching him walk on the Moon on TV, always been a hero of mine. Naval Pilot, Test Pilot. Went to NASA where he flew Gemini 3 (And smuggled a corned beef sandwich on board), and Gemini 10. Flew Apollo 10 which was the dress rehearsal for the lunar landing of Apollo 11. Went on to command Apollo 16 where he became the 9th person to walk on the moon. After that he flew the first Space Shuttle Mission, in STS-1 and then STS-9 which first flew the spacelab. He was critical of NASA after the Challenger explosion. Logged 9,200 hours in space. You're among the Stars now John. Thank you for your guiding light, and ironically very down to earth and cool person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
189lb enforcers? Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Wish I could have had a beer with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 13 hours ago, 189lb enforcers? said: Wish I could have had a beer with him. on the moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollumpus Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 One fewer man to have walked on the moon. That must have been such an amazing experience. regards, G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckster19 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 One of the few Apollo astronauts along with Michael Collins that didn't spew about god, divinity and heaven once every two sentences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chon derry Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 what an exciting time to have seen all that happening as a 10 yr old in 69 , nothing exciting happens like that anymore, Today kids get to listen to trump and the crazy little Asian punk with all his new bombs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 3 hours ago, chon derry said: what an exciting time to have seen all that happening as a 10 yr old in 69 , nothing exciting happens like that anymore, Today kids get to listen to trump and the crazy little Asian punk with all his new bombs. It was my first memories being just turned 4. I was glued to the TV watching the coverage, wanting to bunny hop on the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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