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Wally Firkins's avatar

I remember all of the first astronauts including Alan Shephard and, I remember his golfing on the moon.

Each of the earlier astronauts were Heros with flights that had large percentages of failure and even death. But, these men and women understanding the risks, flew anyway. Thank you Tara for remembering Appolo 14 and Alan Shepard.

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Dan Cale's avatar

It sounds like they were lucky to have the "old" guy on the mission. I forget which astronaut said it but thus is one of my favorite quotes on space flight. "You are strapped to the top of a roman candle to be launched into space on a craft where everything was made by the low bidder".

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