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I recently saw a Delta Airlines commercial dedication to aviation pioneers, and during the commercial they thanked Neil (Armstrong) and Buzz (Aldrin) for their service an achievements and I realized that absent from the dedication was the third man of the Apollo 11 crew... that often forgotten Apollo crew member... that "other guy" Command Module Pilot Michael Collins. As anyone who knows anything about the Apollo flights the command module pilot stayed in orbit around the moon while the other two crew members landed. While not as glamorous as walking on the moon. In many ways the Command Module Pilot had the most important job of the three since it was his job to look after the Command Module that would allow all three members return to earth safely. The Command Module pilots have never got the credit they deserved. We often have international days from everything from International Coffee day (Sept. 29) to International Save a spider day (March 14) so with some seriousness (but with tongue I cheek) and the 45th anniversary of the first manned Apollo mission (Apollo 7) coming up October 11 I propose October 11 as International Remember the Command Module Pilot day and dedicate October 11 to: Roger Chafee, Don Eisele, James Lovell, David Scott, John Young, Michael Collins, Richard "Dick" Gordon, John L "Jack" Swigert, Stuart Roosa, Alfred Warden, Kenneth Mattingly, Ronald Evans. Skylab pilots Paul Weitz, Jack Lousma, Bill Pogue Apollo Soyuz docking pilot Donald 'Deke" Slayton. The often Forgotten crew members... the Command Module Pilots.
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