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T O P I C R E V I E WRobert PearlmanWhy do astronauts sign baseballs? Because they were baseball players...Courtesy Francis French comes this photo taken during a baseball game between the astronauts and engineers at Downey, done largely as a morale-booster after the Apollo 1 fire. Among the astronauts pictured are Stu Roosa, Fred Haise, Alan Bean and Jim McDivitt.If you look carefully (click on the photo to enlarge), the players' shirts look to have an astronaut Snoopy on the back.Paul23That's that mystery finally solved then!nasamadIts a fake setup photo! All the kids are work experience kids from the astronaut office, why else would they have the mail code on their baseball caps! (Plus Haise has had to borrow a jacket from Armstrong for the photoshoot.)
Courtesy Francis French comes this photo taken during a baseball game between the astronauts and engineers at Downey, done largely as a morale-booster after the Apollo 1 fire. Among the astronauts pictured are Stu Roosa, Fred Haise, Alan Bean and Jim McDivitt.
If you look carefully (click on the photo to enlarge), the players' shirts look to have an astronaut Snoopy on the back.
(Plus Haise has had to borrow a jacket from Armstrong for the photoshoot.)
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