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Topic: cS member Rick Boos (1950-2021)
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Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-15-2021 12:32 AM
   
Rick Boos, an aerospace historian and space memorabilia collector, died on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, due to complications from COVID-19. He was 70. Rick was the 50th person to join this site when he registered in February 2000. One of the very few people to gain access to inspect the Apollo 1 command module while in storage at Langley Research Center, Rick also arranged for a plaque (since removed) to be added to the launch pedestal at Pad 34. My condolences to his friends and family.  |
dom
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posted 01-15-2021 01:59 AM
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crash
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posted 01-15-2021 02:03 AM
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spaced out
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posted 01-15-2021 02:29 AM
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SpaceAholic
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posted 01-15-2021 04:21 AM
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ColinBurgess
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Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 01-15-2021 04:50 AM
Fly high Rick. |
GACspaceguy
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posted 01-15-2021 04:59 AM
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space1
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posted 01-15-2021 05:31 AM
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Panther494
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posted 01-15-2021 05:36 AM
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Jeff
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posted 01-15-2021 05:43 AM
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Kite
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From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 01-15-2021 05:54 AM
RIP fellow cS member. |
Rick Mulheirn
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From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-15-2021 06:13 AM
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Ken Havekotte
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From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 01-15-2021 06:19 AM
So sad to hear of another leading space collector and close friend leave us. I've known and worked with Rick since the 1970's when we first met during my college years.We worked together on many space projects and put together the first series of approved launch pad card relics that I still have a few sets of. Some of our best memories together were inspecting the old launch pad complexes at the Cape air force station that I'll always remember. Rick was a passionate aerospace research buff. His main lifetime research project was the AS-204 tragedy, and as Robert pointed out, Rick was finally permitted access inside the damaged CM-012 spacecraft during a rare inspection visit at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia. Another major research project of his during the early 1980's was the MR-4/Liberty Bell 7 premature hatch separation after splashdown. His overall conclusion of the study resulted that Gus Grissom was not at fault. He will be greatly missed along with our visits together in sharing our deep passion for space history and memorabilia collecting. Rest in peace my dear friend and fellow space enthusiast. You and I were so fortunate to live through and participate in one of the greatest era's of human history when mankind first left the cradle to search for the stars!
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oly
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posted 01-15-2021 06:33 AM
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rjurek349
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posted 01-15-2021 06:40 AM
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Starfighter1
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posted 01-15-2021 06:46 AM
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RobertB
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fredtrav
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MCroft04
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posted 01-15-2021 07:48 AM
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Jonnyed
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posted 01-15-2021 07:54 AM
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Madon_space
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posted 01-15-2021 07:58 AM
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Andy McCulley
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posted 01-15-2021 08:49 AM
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Fra Mauro
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posted 01-15-2021 10:49 AM
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SkyMan1958
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posted 01-15-2021 11:00 AM
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Dave_Johnson
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posted 01-15-2021 11:08 AM
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sts205cdr
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sts205cdr
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posted 01-15-2021 11:26 AM
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ManInSpace
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David Carey
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Kevin T. Randall
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posted 01-15-2021 01:54 PM
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4allmankind
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Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 01-15-2021 02:06 PM
A founding member of the space collecting hall of fame. Very sad.. |
garymilgrom
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From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 01-15-2021 02:26 PM
Very well put Ken. RIP Rick. |
Greggy_D
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posted 01-15-2021 03:04 PM
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Grounded!
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posted 01-15-2021 03:33 PM
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randy
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posted 01-15-2021 03:40 PM
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J.L
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From: Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted 01-15-2021 03:56 PM
Really sad to se this. Rick was a really great guy and will be sincerely missed in the space community. |
Charlie16
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posted 01-15-2021 04:14 PM
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star51L
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india-mike
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Larry McGlynn
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