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Topic: ...to the Cosmos!
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072069
Member Posts: 206
From: Sayreville, NJ USA
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 01-14-2004 04:18 PM
   
Like I needed another reason to vote for Bush :-) Bernie PS: It was great to see Gene Cernan's words and heroic accomplishments celebrated! [This message has been edited by 072069 (edited January 14, 2004).] |
DavidH
Member Posts: 1217
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 01-14-2004 04:32 PM
I agree about Cernan... that was cool.------------------
"America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972 |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42986
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-14-2004 10:10 PM
I saw Cernan approach NASA HQ as we were waiting outside (freezing our butts off, I might add) for the security sweep to be completed. Cernan spied me following him with my eyes and gave me this great salute. Afterwards, when we were exiting, he paused to thank me for coming (he took the words out of my mouth) and offered a hearty handshake. Taken today:   [This message has been edited by Robert Pearlman (edited January 14, 2004).] |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42986
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-14-2004 10:18 PM
Last Astronaut on Moon Welcomes New TravelBy MARCIA DUNN
AP Aerospace Writer WASHINGTON (AP)--The last man on the moon, Eugene A. Cernan, said Wednesday he knew he wouldn't hold that distinction forever. "I've been waiting for this day for 31 years,'' said Cernan, who was in the audience at NASA headquarters when President Bush outlined his proposal to continue America's journey into space with manned missions to the moon, to Mars and to worlds beyond." http://tinyurl.com/ys443 |
mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 01-15-2004 08:45 AM
Robert,The perks of your job are priceless! So, you received a salute and a thank you from Gene Cernan yesterday, huh? And, you got to see the President of the United States give a speech on returning to the Moon!! Not a bad day for you!!! Congratulations! It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. And, there I thought you arbitrated all the squabbling on the message boards just for those big checks you get from all of us...  Noah [This message has been edited by mensax (edited January 15, 2004).] |
DavidH
Member Posts: 1217
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 01-15-2004 12:59 PM
I love that top picture.
Gene Cernan on Mars!
If only...
David------------------
"America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972 |
collshubby
Member Posts: 591
From: Madisonville, Louisiana
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-15-2004 02:19 PM
Good morning everyone.Man oh man, what news to hear! Does anyone know of a link that has video of the President's speech? I've read the text but would like to see it. When he made he speech, I was somewhere over the Pacific between Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Sydney. I did not hear about it until I got home and looked on the internet. Robert...what a story to share! To be picked out of a crowd and saluted by a moonwalker..WOW! And then be able to see the President make such a historic speech. I read the reactions by former astronauts of the President's plan. I was a bit dissapointed to see John Glenn's response. Sounded too much like a politician and not an astronaut. Fingers crossed that Congress will approve the requested funding, and then some! ------------------
Brian Peter
astronautbrian@hotmail.com [This message has been edited by collshubby (edited January 15, 2004).] |
DavidH
Member Posts: 1217
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 01-15-2004 02:20 PM
Video is available at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040114-3.html ------------------
"America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972 |
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