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Topic: Carmine Torrisi, Space Unit sec. (1947-2018)
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42985
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-21-2018 07:41 PM
   
It is with sadness I pass along word of the death of Carmine Torrisi, Space Topic Study Unit member and former secretary, on Aug. 12, 2018. He was 71.Perhaps those who knew him through the Space Unit or as a fellow collector can share their memories of him here. |
Kite
Member Posts: 831
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 08-22-2018 01:44 PM
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MarylandSpace
Member Posts: 1336
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Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 08-22-2018 02:17 PM
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Tallpaul
Member Posts: 153
From: Rocky Point, NY, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 08-23-2018 09:11 AM
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backburner
Member Posts: 80
From: NYC, NY, USA
Registered: Nov 2005
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posted 08-23-2018 10:56 AM
Carmine Torrisi was a real gentleman and will be sorely missed. I knew him for forty years and worked with him for the past nine and he would give you the shirt off his back. RIP |
Antoni RIGO
Member Posts: 176
From: Palma de Mallorca, Is. Baleares - SPAIN
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted 08-23-2018 11:14 AM
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GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 08-23-2018 11:39 AM
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Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-23-2018 03:10 PM
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Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 08-23-2018 03:25 PM
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micropooz
Member Posts: 1512
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 08-23-2018 07:53 PM
Carmine used to organize a space cover swap meet in NYC. They were great times and often we'd end up over at his house to eat dinner. A great host, great collector, and a great guy... |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2913
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 08-23-2018 08:37 PM
Unfortunately, I don't recall meeting Carmine, but we did have some space cover correspondences during the shuttle program years. I knew he had been quite active in the swap meets in the NYC area and was a former officer of the Space Unit.It's always sad to hear of a fellow space cover collector and Space Unit member leaving us, but he's now "at home" in a space heavenly kingdom high above us.
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LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 08-23-2018 11:26 PM
I am very sad to hear of the passing of Carmine Torrisi. He was always very helpful to me when I was Editor of the Astrophile. He was often at meetings of the IASP at the Queens Science Center and at many of the ASDA shows in NYC. Carmine is already missed by the Space Unit. — Bill York |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-24-2018 08:51 AM
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Ross
Member Posts: 472
From: Australia
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 08-24-2018 09:46 AM
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NAAmodel#240
Member Posts: 312
From: Boston, Mass.
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 08-24-2018 10:34 AM
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David Carey
Member Posts: 782
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Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 08-24-2018 11:46 PM
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cvrlvr99
Member Posts: 139
From: Arlington, TX
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 09-02-2018 02:21 PM
Although I met with Carmine on a half dozen occasions I didn't really know him very well socially. But our emails to each other about space topics was always enjoyable. He took an active role in the Space Unit and helped us who were members grow into enjoying this lifetime hobby. RIP |
Apollo-Soyuz
Member Posts: 1205
From: Shady Side, Md
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 09-03-2018 01:12 PM
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1202 Alarm
Member Posts: 436
From: Switzerland & France
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted 09-03-2018 03:47 PM
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