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Topic: Fun Trivia Question
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ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2043
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 01-04-2005 06:12 PM
   
Who is said to have been the first person to fly into space with a tattoo? (And yes, I have the answer)Colin |
carmelo
Member Posts: 1051
From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 01-04-2005 10:04 PM
Pete Conrad. |
mdmyer
Member Posts: 900
From: Humboldt KS USA
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 01-04-2005 10:23 PM
Navy men are fond of tatoos so my guess would be Alan Shepard. Mike |
sch61
Member Posts: 11
From: Ramona, CA, USA
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 01-05-2005 12:10 AM
Does that include the tattoos used to locate the biosensors? If so, it is likely one of the first 3 Mercury astronauts, as John Glenn mentions having tattoos (for biosensor placement) in his autobiography.
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ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2043
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 01-05-2005 01:38 AM
Three very good responses. I certainly liked the one about the little sensor tattoos - good, logical thinking there. And yes, it was indeed a Navy man, but not Alan Shepard. In fact Carmelo is correct; it was Pete Conrad. He sported a tattoo of an anchor surrounded by stars with his initials underneath. It's unlikely that any of the early air force cosmonauts had tattoos. So well done, Carmelo!It actually made me think that if Pete Conrad had been joined on the moon by C.C. Williams, which was on the cards, it would have been a C.C. and C.C. event! Colin |
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