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Topic: Doc Graveline, scientist-astronaut (1931-2016)
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gareth89
Member Posts: 298
From: Ireland
Registered: May 2014
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posted 09-06-2016 04:47 PM
   
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star51L
Member Posts: 340
From: Vilano Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 09-06-2016 05:25 PM
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eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 09-06-2016 06:53 PM
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MarylandSpace
Member Posts: 1337
From:
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 09-06-2016 08:28 PM
About 30 collectSPACE members gathered at the Moon Hut in November 2001. Someone had invited "Doc" Graveline to attend also. Doc was very gracious to sign autographs and pose for pictures. Just a wonderful gathering.Several years later I corresponded with Doc about his research and effects of Statins. |
alanh_7
Member Posts: 1252
From: Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-06-2016 09:05 PM
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Marwin2
Member Posts: 139
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Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 09-07-2016 02:38 AM
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Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1397
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 09-07-2016 02:53 AM
quote:
Originally posted by MarylandSpace:
Several years later I corresponded with Doc about his research and effects of Statins.
On statins, he was spot on in my opinion. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 09-07-2016 09:17 AM
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bwhite1976
Member Posts: 281
From: Belleville, IL
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 09-07-2016 09:41 AM
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East-Frisian
Member Posts: 586
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 09-07-2016 12:37 PM
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Wehaveliftoff
Member Posts: 2343
From:
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 09-07-2016 01:36 PM
Living 31 years after quickly deciding not to be an astronaut for personal reasons, you know it wasn't health related... RIP.
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mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 09-08-2016 12:24 AM
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hlbjr
Member Posts: 475
From: Delray Beach Florida USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 09-09-2016 07:33 AM
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Mike Isbell
Member Posts: 551
From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 09-10-2016 12:24 PM
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albatron
Member Posts: 2732
From: Stuart, Florida
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 09-10-2016 02:43 PM
Here's his guest book if anyone wishes to sign. |
Lewis007
Member Posts: 102
From: Geldermalsen, the Netherlands
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 09-10-2016 11:18 PM
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albatron
Member Posts: 2732
From: Stuart, Florida
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 09-14-2016 09:53 AM
Just received word from Doc's family. The other day NASA called his widow as they had organized a fly over past the Cape in Doc's honor with a U.S. flag on board that they will present to her in gratitude for all that he did for NASA. He will be buried in Arlington with full military honors. |
Dave Shayler
Member Posts: 127
From: Halesowen, West Mids, UK
Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 09-15-2016 09:34 AM
I was saddened to hear of the passing of 'Doc' Graveline. During the research for the 2007 book 'NASA's Scientist Astronaut' I co-authored with Colin Burgess and published by Springer-Praxis, 'Doc' gave considerable support and material which greatly enhanced the finished product. It was a pleasure to add his story to the book. |
Lunar rock nut
Member Posts: 911
From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A.
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 09-17-2016 05:16 AM
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astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 09-17-2016 12:26 PM
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ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 09-18-2016 12:56 AM
To say I was overwhelmed with sadness to hear of Doc's passing while I was on a tour of Tokyo would be an understatement. Over the past decade or so he and I shared three notable things - the same birthday, a long-standing correspondence, and an enduring friendship. My wife and I stayed with Doc and Suzanne twice on trips over to the States, and I have fond memories of fishing from the beach with Doc, exploring the Canaveral launch facilities with him showing me around, and just simply sitting comfortably in the sun room of their home in Merritt Island while we discussed our mutual passion for spaceflight history and writing. He was a truly unforgettable character, and it was always a great sadness for him the way that NASA forced him out of the astronaut corps after the media of the day published horribly one-sided details of his pending divorce. Those, like me, who knew Doc well, saw him as a gentle, intelligent, talented and compassionate man, whose ongoing preventative research for NASA into the lethal dangers of cosmic radiation associated with long-duration flights away from our planet, and his strong views on the effects higher doses of statin drugs can have on the human body and memory, were a credit to this wonderful and resourceful man. Just the day before he died, Doc sent me a message in which he attached a short back-cover review intended for Jay Chladek's Outward Odyssey book on the history of space stations, so it was a complete shock to learn of his passing just hours later. I will miss you, my friend. Vale, Duane ("Doc") Graveline, 1931-2016. |
albatron
Member Posts: 2732
From: Stuart, Florida
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 05-22-2017 09:24 AM
This is an article from Doc's website of his hero's send off at Arlington National Cemetery on May 3, 2017. Very impressive with full military honors. RIP Doc. |
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