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posted 09-24-2007 02:18 PM               

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Mercury 7: Glenn, Carpenter, Schirra and Cooper

Moonwalkers: Aldrin, Bean, Mitchell, Scott, Duke, Cernan, and Schmitt.

I was in the 2nd row of a John Young lecture and he answered one of my questions, if that counts. I was also in the 3rd row of an Armstrong lecture. But I didn't shake hands with Young or Armstrong.

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From: Huntsville, AL USA
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posted 09-25-2007 03:01 PM               

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Mercury: Shepard, Glenn, Carpenter, Schirra, & Cooper.

Moonwalkers: Aldrin, Bean, Shepard, Mitchell, Young, Duke, & Cernan (Lovell & Haise also).

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posted 09-25-2007 03:11 PM               

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Mercury: Carpenter

Moonwalkers: Aldrin, Bean, Mitchell, Scott, Young (from a distance), Duke, and Cernan. That makes at least one from each landing mission.

Note that I've now met all of the above thanks to Spacefest!

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posted 09-25-2007 06:05 PM               

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My list is small.

Mercury: Carpenter

Apollo (not Moonwalkers): Lovell, Borman

Even though they didn't walk on the moon, I hold them to just as high a regard as any of the moonwalkers. They did get to see the Moon from a perspective that very few other people have afterall.

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posted 09-25-2007 09:33 PM               

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Mercury 7: Carpenter (twice), Cooper, and Schirra

Moonwalkers: Cernan, Bean, Aldrin, Duke, and Scott

All were a great honor to meet.

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posted 07-17-2008 03:22 PM            

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So, my brother and parents were round, having a few drinks and talking about "things" when the talk turned to Turkey-my brother and I both passed through Turkey on overland treks, him in July 1986, me in August 1988.

While in Dogubayazit, my brother got talking to some Americans in a bar/cafe-he said"One claimed to have been an Apollo astronaut, conducting a search for the Ark on Ararat". Apparently, he thought nothing of it, suspecting it was just "talk". This was the first time he mentioned it to me, and so I told him he had had the honour of meeting Jim Irwin!

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posted 07-17-2008 09:03 PM            

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Mercury : Carpenter

Apollo Moonwalkers: Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Gene Cernan (sharing an elevator with Maryam D'arbo and my son)(Jim Lovell and Fred Haise)

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posted 07-18-2008 09:39 AM            

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Mercury 7: All except Col. Grissom.

Moonwalkers: All of them.

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posted 07-18-2008 01:06 PM               

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Only two, and that was Buzz Aldrin on his Encounter with Tiber book signing. He would not sign my Apollo photo, but he was more than gracious to talk to me for a couple of minutes (it was quite a long line). I also met Harrison Schmitt on the 1991 Solar Eclipse Cruise.

I am completely envious of some of you. I wish my kids were a bit older (and I had more $$) so I can travel to some of these events.

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posted 07-11-2009 09:02 AM               

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After living a few miles from Alan Bean for most of my adult life, I finally met him last night at a book signing here in Houston. It occurs to me that I have now shaken the hand of four moonwalkers (Aldrin, Bean, Cernan, and Young) without really trying very hard. I still kick myself for not making the effort to meet Jim Irwin when I lived in Colorado in the 1980's.

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posted 07-31-2009 05:41 PM               

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Moonwalkers: Jim Irwin

He came to our school (in 1988) and gave a presentation about the his experience in the space program and walking on the moon. Afterwords he signed autographs (I still have it) and chatted with people if they wanted. It was pretty awesome.

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posted 07-31-2009 08:37 PM               

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Mercury 7- Shepard, Glenn, Schirra, Slayton

Moonwalkers - Shepard, Aldrin, Cernan, Schmitt

Wish they'd walked- Lovell, Haise (Both of whom were the nicest, most approachable of all..)

Moon-orbiters as CM Pilots- Ron Evans

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posted 08-01-2009 04:27 AM               

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Moonwalkers: Alan Bean

I had stood in line for hours one night at the Seattle Museum of Flight waiting for him to sign my copy of Apollo: An Eyewitness Account. His flight arrived late, and he was very generous speaking with people as they came up to him, so it was pretty late by the time I finally had a chance to shake his hand as I handed him my book.

Since everyone else had been talking to him about Apollo 12, I casually mentioned that I was a big fan of his time in Skylab. He gave me a slight smile as if I was one of the slow ones in the back of the class and said "Oh, yeah?"

I figured I had wasted enough of everyone's time (conscious that the line still extended quite a ways back), mumbled a thanks when he handed me back my book, and moved on.

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posted 08-01-2009 08:00 AM               

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Mercury 7: I've met all but Grissom.

Moonwalkers: Aldrin, Bean, Conrad, Lovell, Shepard, Young, Duke, Cernan, and Schmitt.

As a side note, I've received phone calls from Cooper, Carpenter, and Bean.

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posted 08-02-2009 08:58 AM               

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Impressive lists here. I was lucky to meet 5 of the original 7. Grissom was killed when I was just 7. I just missed Slayton at ISDC in 1993. He had left before I arrived. He died a few weeks later and I always regret not having met him.

I have met all the moonwalkers except Armstrong. I have autographs from all of the other 11 except Young. Still hoping to shake hands with Armstrong and get a picture with him one of these days. Also met Borman, Lovell, Stafford, Gordon, Mattingly, and Evans. And just 2 weeks ago I shook hands with Michael Collins when he signed his book for me at NASM on the 40th anniversary.

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