News Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut, dies at 85

[boogabooga]

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/apollo-astronaut-edgar-mitchell-dies-at-age-85

 

[richfororbit]

I only typed up a question to his site Admin, earlier this month, days ago.

:huh:

That is unfortunate, I only recently saw a clip on youtube he gave his grandson a talk last year about his mission for his school project.

When I saw the subject line I had thought may be it was this accouncement of something had happened. It has.

 

[boogabooga]

http://xkcd.com/893/

 

[Andy44]

http://xkcd.com/893/

Sometimes xkcd is just plain depressing.

 

[dman]

45th anniversary of his moon mission (Jan 31-Feb 9, 1971).......

 

[GLS]

45th anniversary of his moon mission (Jan 31-Feb 9, 1971).......

Apollo 14 landing
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZZe-xXx9_o"]Apollo 14 landing from PDI to Touchdown - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Thunder Chicken]

45th anniversary of his moon mission (Jan 31-Feb 9, 1971).......

45th anniversary of the day they landed on the moon (February 5).

 

[FordPrefect]

Rest in Peace, Edgar Mitchell



http://www.collectspace.com//news/news-020516a-astronaut-edgar-mitchell-obituary.html

 

[N_Molson]

Another hero passes away. R.I.P. Mr Mitchell

 

[NukeET]

Shepard's and Mitchell's 2nd EVA was this date in 1971. Respectively, the 5th and 6th men to walk on the Moon.

The same day as the first golf ball was hit on the Moon.

Now, the only living crew member of 14 is Stuart Roosa.

AND NOW THERE ARE SEVEN: Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, David Scott, John W. Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt.

R.I.P. Mr Mitchell

 

[richfororbit]

The Lunar Module pilot was the only bloke still around. That was the reason I typed a message to his site Admin, as it was the anniversary of the mission. And the question I did include was something radiation on the Moon and how long could a crew stay on the surface.

I had thought if I could of met the man, I'd say you're genes were better than the other two. Unfortunately, I never was able to.

I remember the first time I typed a question was to do with how would Astronauts not get lost while returning from a planet outside of the solar system. That was in April 2013.

I only got two responses in total out of my questions, the last being in 2014 about the module's valve for changing the environmental system once inside the craft from being outside.

 

[boogabooga]

Now, the only living crew member of 14 is Stuart Roosa.

I think he died in 1994.

 

[Kyle]

Sadly he did. The entire Apollo 14 crew has now passed.

 

[Star Voyager]

I look at it this way: they've been reunited.

 

[ADSWNJ]

If anyone hasn't watched that vid from GLS in post #6 ... it's well worth watching. Quite an intense descent, and awesomely annotated.

I smiled at how casually the astronauts flip between feet and meters on that descent. Pick a system (preferably metric) and stick with it, maybe?