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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 11-01-2019 02:32 PM Astronauts Buzz Aldrin (left) and Ted Freeman are seen at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston during a demonstration of the Gemini Mission Simulator for the press on 30th October 1964. Freeman died in an aircraft accident the day after this photo was taken.
Tom Member Posts: 1597 From: New York Registered: Nov 2000	posted 11-01-2019 08:01 PM So sad...
David Carey Member Posts: 782 From: Registered: Mar 2009	posted 11-01-2019 08:18 PM Ed, I spent an unusually long time taking in this image and your thoughtful words. A lot of gravitas to that photo. Very sad indeed but thank you.
oly Member Posts: 905 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2015	posted 11-01-2019 08:26 PM Ed. Thank you for sharing this image.
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007	posted 11-01-2019 09:24 PM One can only wonder what kind of career as an astronaut Freeman would have had.
Tom Member Posts: 1597 From: New York Registered: Nov 2000	posted 11-02-2019 10:08 AM Early Gemini flight assignments showed Ted Freeman as back-up pilot on Gemini 9 with Tom Stafford...ultimately flying on Gemini 12.
David C Member Posts: 1015 From: Lausanne Registered: Apr 2012	posted 11-02-2019 11:27 AM quote: Originally posted by Delta7: One can only wonder what kind of career as an astronaut Freeman would have had. quote: Originally posted by Tom: Early Gemini flight assignments showed Ted Freeman ...ultimately flying on Gemini 12. Second man on the moon?
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007	posted 11-02-2019 08:54 PM Maybe he would have followed the path that Gene Cernan found himself on after being paired with Stafford. Pilot Gemini 9A. LMP Apollo 10. CDR Apollo 17 landing at Taurus Littrow with Schmitt. Stafford, Freeman Stafford, Young, Freeman Freeman, Evans, Schmitt And maybe he'd still be alive today. Makes you want to somehow get word to him on the day of this pic "Take the day off tomorrow. Mow the lawn and spend time with your wife and daughter. Don't go flying."
ejectr Member Posts: 1751 From: Killingly, CT Registered: Mar 2002	posted 11-03-2019 08:35 AM If only we all knew what was in store when we opened the door to tomorrow....

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