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Topic: Apollo fantasy crew: Choose mates you have met
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moorouge Member Posts: 2458 From: U.K. Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 04-18-2014 10:20 AM
I know it has been done before but this is a variation with a twist.Which two of the astronauts you have met would you select to be your crew mates on an Apollo lunar landing flight? My selection is Al Worden and Ken Mattingly. They both have a dry wit and the sort of keen sense of humour that appeals to me and they have shown themselves adept at solving in flight problems. I might even be prepared to stay in the CM whilst they took the LM down for a landing. Both deserved the chance to be 'moonwalkers'. |
Headshot Member Posts: 891 From: Vancouver, WA, USA Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 04-18-2014 10:26 AM
Dick Gordon and I would land at Tycho crater while Joe Engle remained in lunar orbit. |
carmelo Member Posts: 1051 From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 04-18-2014 11:39 AM
Apollo 20, the last Apollo mission on the moon: - I CMDR
- Paul Weitz CMP
- Bruce McCandless LMP
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Chariot412 Member Posts: 156 From: Lockport, NY, 14094 Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 04-18-2014 12:46 PM
- Pete Conrad and Charlie Duke
- Backup crew: Dave Scott and Gene Cernan
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randy Member Posts: 2231 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 04-18-2014 12:49 PM
Here's my choices: - Me CDR
- Wally Schirra CMP
- Pete Conrad LMP
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Cozmosis22 Member Posts: 986 From: Texas * Earth Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 04-18-2014 12:56 PM
- Me - CDR (of course )
- Jack Lousma - CMP
- Ron Evans - LMP
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Headshot Member Posts: 891 From: Vancouver, WA, USA Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 04-18-2014 01:03 PM
Randy, with a crew like that you would have been the focus of so many pranks and gotchas you would not have know if you were coming or going! |
lunardreamer Member Posts: 86 From: Royal Oak, Michigan USA Registered: Nov 2013
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posted 04-18-2014 02:27 PM
- Me as commander.
- Michael Collins as LMP
- Neil Armstrong as CMP
I imagine it would be fun to explore the lunar surface with Collins. And, I can't think of anyone better to be waiting in lunar orbit to take us home. |
Rick Mulheirn Member Posts: 4208 From: England Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 04-18-2014 02:32 PM
- Me (Commander)
- Neil Armstrong (Lunar Module Pilot)
- Ken Mattingly (CMP)
I can't think of anybody better for each role... and Armstrong isn't bad either. |
Delta7 Member Posts: 1527 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 04-18-2014 02:37 PM
- CDR: Me.
- CMP: Dick Gordon.
- LMP: Pete Conrad.
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Grounded! Member Posts: 382 From: Bennington, Vermont, USA Registered: Feb 2011
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posted 04-18-2014 02:52 PM
- CDR: Fred Haise
- LMP: Me
- CMP: Dick Gordon
This would put two Freds together on the surface of the moon. I can't think of a better scenario. |
p51 Member Posts: 1658 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 04-18-2014 03:26 PM
Going with the assumption that none of the other crew had done their real-life landings before the one this crew list is for... - CDR: Yours Truly
- LMP: Al Bean
- CMP: Al Worden
I can hear it now, "Houston, This is the Lee and Beano show, coming to you from Copernicus crater..." |
randy Member Posts: 2231 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 04-18-2014 04:36 PM
Headshot- We would've got the mission sucessfully done and had a GREAT time doing it! |
Headshot Member Posts: 891 From: Vancouver, WA, USA Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 04-18-2014 05:15 PM
Not to mention that the onboard tapes and the air to ground transmissions would be a hoot to read.At what altitude, during your decent, do you think that Schirra would radio you to ask, "Are you a turtle?" 50 feet or 10 feet? |
David C Member Posts: 1039 From: Lausanne Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 04-18-2014 06:08 PM
Well no-one said they had to be Apollo astronauts and I'd aim to have fun so of those I've met: - CDR: "Hoot" Gibson
- CMP: Jim Lovell
- LMP: And that leaves me in the "tourist" slot.
All navy crew. Sadly I never met Pete Conrad but suspect he may have pipped Hoot. |
p51 Member Posts: 1658 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 04-18-2014 06:08 PM
Heck, Al and I could break out sketch pads on the surface! |
music_space Member Posts: 1179 From: Canada Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 04-18-2014 07:08 PM
- CDR: Alan Bean
- LMP: François Guay
- CMP: Michael Collins
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moorouge Member Posts: 2458 From: U.K. Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 04-18-2014 07:29 PM
quote: Originally posted by Headshot: At what altitude, during your decent, do you think that Schirra would radio you to ask, "Are you a turtle?" 50 feet or 10 feet?
Wally wouldn't have phrased it quite like that. I'm happy to report that both my selected crew mates still are. |
Rob Joyner Member Posts: 1308 From: GA, USA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 04-18-2014 11:40 PM
Wally Schirra and Al Worden. |
Charlie16 Member Posts: 496 From: Italy Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 04-19-2014 04:16 AM
Great fantasy! I would have chosen to fly with John Young, Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell... Me? Inside the cargo bay as a package! |
Fra Mauro Member Posts: 1624 From: Bethpage, N.Y. Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 04-26-2014 11:26 AM
My crew -- Fred Haise CDR, Gene Cernan CMP, Me, LMP. |