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Topic: Diminished Apollo Crews
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Whizzospace
Member Posts: 110
From: San Antonio, TX
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 09-05-2007 10:12 PM
   
Not to be morbid, nor dishonor our heroes in any way, but mortality kind of hit me at Spacefest 2007. With Wally's passing this past spring, we've reached a time when there are now more crews missing someone than are complete. Looking at how many full crews are still with us, and those having a single member remaining, is a bit sobering. With so few Apollo crewmen to begin with, one more absence seems even more heartbreaking.There's just one representative from:
Apollo's 7 & 14 Partial crews:
12, 13, 15, 17 The full crews:
8, 9, 10, 11, 16 Thinking of our fallen heroes and absent friends. RIP. -- John W |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3160
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-06-2007 07:40 AM
...And there is one multi-man crew which has passed away entirely: Gemini 5 |
Rex Hall
Member Posts: 170
From: London, England
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 09-06-2007 10:16 AM
Good Afternoon
On the Soviet side.
Soyuz 11 of course.
Soyuz 12 crew Lazarev and Makarov
Soyuz 15 crew Sarafanov and Demin
Soyuz 18 - 1 Lazarev and MakarovRex |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3165
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-06-2007 12:08 PM
Also on the Soviet side, we have lost half of the original "Vostok 6," the first to fly. And so far, they have died exactly in order of flight. Which, if I were Pavel Popovich (fourth to fly), I'd find rather unnerving. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2043
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 09-06-2007 04:44 PM
And of course on an even more sombre note, let's not forget the original GT-9 crew of Elliot See and Charlie Bassett, and the original Apollo 1 crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.Colin | |
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