John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018)

[rodion_herrera]

I am still speechless. He IS my favorite astronaut.

-RODION

 

[ADSWNJ]

Commander of 3 generations of NASA space flight (Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle eras), and one of only 6 people ever to drive on the Moon. RIP Commander - fair winds and following seas on your final journey.

 

[Urwumpe]

I am still speechless. He was my favorite astronaut.

He still is my favorite astronaut. Dead or alive, it doesn't change it. He flew three different kinds of spacecraft in his career, a multitude of aircraft as test pilot... but what made him much more important for me. He came from a very low social background and worked himself up to the moon. Who could have expected that of that child?

 

[Notebook]

He did have the can do of the original 7. Read he was hard to work with, probably didn't suffer fools gladly or accept low performance.

N.

 

[Urwumpe]

He did have the can do of the original 7. Read he was hard to work with, probably didn't suffer fools gladly or accept low performance.

N.

Well, he smuggled a Sandwich onboard the spacecraft on his first flight (The first manned flight of Gemini!) and still managed to somehow make a career at NASA including doing the first manned flight of the STS. He was orbiting the moon twice and did land there once. And his Apollo 10 mission still holds the speed record for the fastest manned vehicle during its reentry. You don't get such a career for being a simple character - you need to be better at something than others and show this.

 

[Andy44]

He was the epitome of the test pilot. Super cool, nothing rattled him. One of the greatest aviators ever.

 

[Notebook]

Its sad this, the names I remember from Mercury onward, then the tech change to the Shuttle. They are leaving.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42592057

N.

 

[Donamy]

One of only a handful of Astronauts, that was bigger than NASA. IMHO

 

[rodion_herrera]

He still is my favorite astronaut. Dead or alive, it doesn't change it. He flew three different kinds of spacecraft in his career, a multitude of aircraft as test pilot... but what made him much more important for me. He came from a very low social background and worked himself up to the moon. Who could have expected that of that child?

Yes, I correct myself... he is STILL my favorite astronaut, thanks for the reminder.

Felt like sketching, so I sketched him during his Gemini 3 days...

 

[Wolf]

RIP
I like to remember one of his quotes:

“RTLS requires continuous miracles interspersed with acts of God to be successful”

Some of you may know the story behind this (the "russian roulette")...

 

[TeamJackSwigert]

With the loss of John Young we lost a great test-pilot, engineer and adventurer. The guy worked at NASA untill 2004, come on, who can say that... Godspeed sir