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Topic: Happy Birthday Don Lind
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Mike Isbell
Member Posts: 551
From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 05-18-2010 11:03 AM
  
Astronaut Don Lind celebrates his 80th birthday today. Selected as an astronaut in 1966, Dr. Lind made his only flight aboard STS-51-B in 1985. Later, Dr. Lind became a physics professor at Utah State University. Happy birthday Dr. Lind, may you have many more to come! |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 05-18-2010 12:11 PM
The embodiment of patience! Shoulda walked on the moon on Apollo 20.Happy Birthday! |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-18-2010 01:53 PM
Happy Birthday Dr. Lind! |
AstroAutos
Member Posts: 803
From: Co. Monaghan, Republic of Ireland
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 05-18-2010 03:33 PM
Have a good one, Dr. Lind!  |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 05-18-2010 03:38 PM
Happy Birthday Doc! |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 05-19-2010 05:39 AM
Hope your Birthday was wonderful. Wishing you many more. |
chappy
Member Posts: 231
From: Cardiff, S. Wales, UK
Registered: Apr 2006
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posted 05-20-2010 04:24 AM
Happy Birthday Don and enjoy your special day from all the British space buffs. |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 05-20-2010 02:24 PM
A great guy! I me5 him in Los Angeles at the Science Museum. He was a tourist, and was surprised that ANYONE would have recognized him.Happy Birthday Brother Lind... |
Henk Boshuijer
Member Posts: 450
From: Netherlands
Registered: May 2007
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posted 05-20-2010 05:31 PM
Happy Birthday Mr. Lind. You are one of my heroes. |
issman1
Member Posts: 1042
From: UK
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 05-21-2010 09:36 AM
Wasn't Don Lind also back-up for a mission to Skylab? All the best to him.As is known, he didn't fly until 1985 on STS-51B. One thing I did read was that after the Challenger disaster, Lind was told by an SRB engineer that his launch came "three-tenths of a second" from catastrophe. Does that mean it was at separation? Was STS-51B, STS-51C or STS-8 the closest prior to STS-51L (apologies for my morbid curiosity)? |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 05-21-2010 09:56 AM
Lind was backup PLT for the second and third Skylab visits. He was also on standby with fellow backup crew member Vance Brand to fly a rescue mission to bring the second Skylab crew back home, because of thruster fuel leaks in their CSM. Of course, the mission ultimately wasn't required. |
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