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RIP Scott Carpenter
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 RIP Scott Carpenter Posted on: Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:41 pmhttp://news.yahoo.com/mercury-astronaut-scott-carpenter-second-american-orbit-dies-203010879.html
I guess we have to expect most of the first generation of astronauts to be making their final payments on the farm...  |
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Moon Mission Member  
Joined: Tue Jul 15, 2003 8:46 pm
Posts: 1216 Location: Kapellen, Antwerp, Belgium, Europe, Planet Earth, the Milky Way Galaxy
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Re: RIP Scott Carpenter Posted on: Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:52 pm May he rest in peace.
Sadly it is all becoming a far memory, same for those astronauts who walked on the moon. 4 of the 8 already passed away. With the youngest being 78. It means we have to hurry to go back... _________________ Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. - Lord Kelvin, 1892 |
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Re: RIP Scott Carpenter Posted on: Sun Oct 20, 2013 7:46 pm Sigurd wrote: Sadly it is all becoming a far memory, same for those astronauts who walked on the moon. 4 of the 8 already passed away. With the youngest being 78. There were 6 Apollo missions that landed on the moon, so 12 astronauts. 11, 12 ,14 ,15, 16 and 17 |
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Moon Mission Member
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Re: RIP Scott Carpenter Posted on: Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:22 am johno wrote: There were 6 Apollo missions that landed on the moon, so 12 astronauts. 11, 12 ,14 ,15, 16 and 17 You're correct, 8 are still alive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ap ... n_the_Moon _________________ Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. - Lord Kelvin, 1892 |
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Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:44 am
Posts: 707 Location: Haarlem, The Netherlands
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Re: RIP Scott Carpenter Posted on: Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:32 am Statistically, we should have another decade at least to go back, before they're all gone. See XKCD 893.
_________________ Say, can you feel the thunder in the air? Just like the moment ’fore it hits – then it’s everywhere What is this spell we’re under, do you care? The might to rise above it is now within your sphere Machinae Supremacy – Sid Icarus |
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Space Station Commander
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Re: RIP Scott Carpenter Posted on: Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:07 pm And equally depressingly, according to the oft-used analogy of space exploration with the exploration and colonization of the Americas, it will take several centuries before settlements are actually established...
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Re: RIP Scott Carpenter Posted on: Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:12 pm Our only hope is for private industry to make it to the moon. It will happen eventually but I'd sure like to see it myself.
Monroe _________________ Today's the day! We go into Space! |
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Re: RIP Scott Carpenter Posted on: Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:08 pm By the way on our last mission we flew a memorial for Scott Carpenter http://www.photostospace.com/astrocorps ... al-flight/
I'll add some of the photo's later Monroe _________________ Today's the day! We go into Space! |
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Space Walker 
Joined: Thu May 07, 2009 2:40 am
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Re: RIP Scott Carpenter Posted on: Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:27 pm Monroe wrote: By the way on our last mission we flew a memorial for Scott Carpenter http://www.photostospace.com/astrocorps ... al-flight/ I'll add some of the photo's later Monroe According to the webpage you flew a rocket to 60,000 feet. Way to go, Monroe. I can't wait to see the pictures. Was this your Q-motor flight? |
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Re: RIP Scott Carpenter Posted on: Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:31 pm Not much to see that day and 60kft is not all that high. Besides that the camera wasn't all that great either.
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Re: RIP Scott Carpenter Posted on: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:15 pm A flight is a flight and its the thought that counts.
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Re: RIP Scott Carpenter Posted on: Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:50 am Amen
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