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Topic: Eugene Cernan, Apollo astronaut (1934-2017)
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NovaRob
Member Posts: 242
From: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Registered: Nov 2008
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posted 01-16-2017 02:56 PM
   
I am devastated. |
Dave_Johnson
Member Posts: 106
From:
Registered: Feb 2014
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posted 01-16-2017 02:57 PM
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SpaceSteve
Member Posts: 428
From: San Antonio TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 01-16-2017 02:58 PM
One of the classiest men you could ever hope to meet! I'm stunned. |
hlbjr
Member Posts: 475
From: Delray Beach Florida USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 01-16-2017 02:58 PM
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MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 01-16-2017 03:03 PM
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Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1397
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 01-16-2017 03:04 PM
That's made for a miserable day ahead for me. A wonderful man. First man and last man gone.My profound sympathies to his family and his friends. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2476
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 01-16-2017 03:06 PM
What a super guy, and great supporter of the space program. For the last man on the surface of the moon he was really down to Earth person to talk to. Travel well commander.  
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oly
Member Posts: 905
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 01-16-2017 03:06 PM
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alcyone
Member Posts: 130
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 01-16-2017 03:08 PM
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Apollo14LMP
Member Posts: 291
From: UK
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 01-16-2017 03:11 PM
Very sad news... So pleased to have met this great man in Sheffield at the showing of the Last Man on the Moon — a lovely down to Earth man who had time for everyone I saw approach him. Godspeed Gene Cernan. |
carl walker
Member Posts: 360
From: Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 01-16-2017 03:13 PM
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Mike Isbell
Member Posts: 551
From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 01-16-2017 03:13 PM
I have had the pleasure of meeting Capt. Cernan on several occasions over the past 30 years. I was in high school when he became the final person to have visited the moon. Godspeed to a great pilot and explorer. |
JGeenty
Member Posts: 20
From: Meopham, Kent, United Kingdom
Registered: Apr 2013
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posted 01-16-2017 03:15 PM
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SpaceAngel
Member Posts: 307
From: Maryland
Registered: May 2010
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posted 01-16-2017 03:18 PM
I cannot believe another NASA pioneer has passed away. In 2003, on the 100th anniversary of the first aviation flight, I had the opportunity to meet Gene Cernan in person as well as get a photo with him (in which is gone).Goodbye Cernan; you may be gone, but you won't be forgotten... |
Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 01-16-2017 03:18 PM
Very sad news... RIP Geno. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-16-2017 03:18 PM
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NASAgoob
Member Posts: 96
From: Dallas, Texas, USA
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 01-16-2017 03:18 PM
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WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 01-16-2017 03:20 PM
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lunardreamer
Member Posts: 86
From: Royal Oak, Michigan USA
Registered: Nov 2013
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posted 01-16-2017 03:22 PM
I'm so glad I had the chance to meet Gene in Houston at the Apollo 10 30 year anniversary dinner. A genuinely nice person. RIP. |
Wehaveliftoff
Member Posts: 2343
From:
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 01-16-2017 03:22 PM
Yes, he was one of the few Apollo astronauts who was always nice and comfortable with the general public. Sorry to hear. So sad. |
Andy McCulley
Member Posts: 245
From: Lansdale, PA
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 01-16-2017 03:24 PM
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Chuckster01
Member Posts: 874
From: Orlando, FL
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 01-16-2017 03:26 PM
Always a class act. He will be missed. RIP |
Silent Sea
Member Posts: 36
From:
Registered: Mar 2015
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posted 01-16-2017 03:26 PM
Rest in peace, Captain Cernan. Thank you for everything. |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 977
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 01-16-2017 03:29 PM
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Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-16-2017 03:29 PM
So sad... thoughts and prayers to his family and friends. |
jut2y
Member Posts: 260
From: worthing west sussex united kingdom
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 01-16-2017 03:29 PM
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BA002
Member Posts: 175
From: Utrecht,NL
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 01-16-2017 03:34 PM
This is so sad...As a child, he was my hero, more than any other astronaut, for going to the moon twice and finishing the Apollo programme with such a perfect mission to such an incredibly beautiful spot on the moon. Since then I have always kept this weak spot for him and I feel very fortunate to have been able to meet him on a number of occasions. The last time was at the 2012 ASF show and perhaps the most cherished moment of that event was when I managed to sneak up on him after an evening's event and I got him to look up to the moon with me, with him explaining where he landed and how the light then was exactly the opposite of how we saw it that evening. I had always hoped to be able to meet him one more time, and in fact just yesterday I was thinking that perhaps there might be an Apollo 17 45th anniversary event. Alas... My thoughts are with his family and friends. Godspeed, Gene Cernan. |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3120
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 01-16-2017 03:36 PM
I am personally distraught at this news, but in our sorrow let us remember an extraordinary life, extraordinarily well lived. A great American and a great explorer. |
ringo67
Member Posts: 179
From: Seekonk, Mass., USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 01-16-2017 03:36 PM
He always said he didn't think he'd live to see another person walk on the Moon. I had always hoped he would be proved wrong. RIP Capt. Cernan. Fair winds and following seas... |
Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 977
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-16-2017 03:46 PM
A very sad day indeed. |
alanh_7
Member Posts: 1252
From: Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 01-16-2017 03:59 PM
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astrobar1
Member Posts: 112
From: Mishawaka, IN, USA
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 01-16-2017 04:07 PM
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SkyMan1958
Member Posts: 867
From: CA.
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 01-16-2017 04:10 PM
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NJSPACEFAN
Member Posts: 128
From: Ocala, FL USA
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 01-16-2017 04:18 PM
One of the most charismatic ambassadors of the Apollo and US space programs. RIP Geno. |
drifting to the right
Member Posts: 114
From: SW La.
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 01-16-2017 04:23 PM
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freshspot
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posted 01-16-2017 04:25 PM
He was funny and smart and always had a kind word for us Apollo geeks. I will miss him. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 01-16-2017 04:25 PM
So sad to hear of Gene Cernan's passing. |
David Carey
Member Posts: 782
From:
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 01-16-2017 04:30 PM
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413 is in
Member Posts: 628
From: Alexandria, VA USA
Registered: May 2006
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posted 01-16-2017 04:36 PM
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AlanC
Member Posts: 147
From: Scotland
Registered: Nov 2014
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posted 01-16-2017 04:40 PM
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