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Jaresh Inyo
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Pete Conrad, the third man on the moon, has died in a motorcycle accident. Rest in peace, Pete.
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Kosh
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The First One
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For a minute there I was thinking "only 69?!" but then i saw how. What a way to go. . . and I always remember the bit in Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff where he was rejected from Mercury selection as "not suitable for long-duration flights" and later becomes a lunar astronaut and commander of Skylab 1. Rest in Peace. 8(
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Baloo
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R.I.P.

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Antagonist
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Wow, 69 and still riding a Harley, eh?
Yet another American hero gone.

*observes moment of silence*

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RW
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Hero? Pioneer yes, but hero?

BTW anyone else think motorcycles are dangerous?


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First of Two
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*Thwacks RW with a Saturn V.*

ANYBODY who dares to volunteer to have themselves strap ped to a giant firework, ride an incredible distance through vacuum, and land on an unexplored world, and return, and DOES it, is a hero.

We have few enough.

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RW
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It wasn't that risky. Pff.

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First of Two
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Er, we lost three people in Apollo 1. Almost 3 more in Apollo 13. Almost lost Apollo 11, because the landing site was bad. Could have lost the 1st spacewalker. Could have lost Apollo 8. Lost 7 more on Challenger. The Russians lost who knows how many, because they lied about it. 3 in a Soyuz capsule, for sure. Almost lost Mir. It's a lot more hazardous than is generally known. Believe me, there've been close calls you never heard about.

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