John Young Passes Away at 87
We’re saddened by the loss of astronaut John Young, who was 87. Young flew twice to the Moon, walked on its surface & flew the first Space Shuttle mission. He went to space six times in the Gemini, Apollo & Space Shuttle programs. pic.twitter.com/l4nSwUCMIq
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Heartbreaking news. A brilliant test pilot, engineer and certainly one of NASA’s most talented Astronauts. Godspeed Capt. Young.
Agreed, Bulldog, every time he was interviewed his very dry wit always came across loud and clear. Regards, Paul.
Sad news. He was one of the greats of both the Apollo and Shuttle Era. I was fortunate to meet him once at ASCE conference. He gave a great talk on the importance of lunar exploration.
And the Gemini era. He flew four different spacecraft during his career: Gemini, Apollo CSM, Apollo LEM, and the Space Shuttle.
He flew six missions and seven liftoffs. He was one of twelve men to walk on the moon. He was one of seven men to orbit the moon alone. He was one of three men to fly to the moon twice. Quite a career.
Commander and Moon Worker John W. Young was awarded the
“Astronaut of the Century” memorial trophy by the International Lunar
Observatory Association of Hawai’i in 2012 and has served instructively and
inspirationally as ILOA DIrector Emeritus since addressing the ILOA Founders
Meeting in 2007.
John cared deeply, thought and spoke profoundly for our Human future, and in
his wry, terse comments and prescient, penetrating vision, reminded us that
“Single planet species don’t last”, that “The Moon will save us”.
Ad Astra, John, and brilliantly done — with sympathy and appreciation for Suzy/Family,
Steve Durst
ILOA / Galaxy Forum
Space Age Publishing Company
And then there were 5.
Let’s add to the list of living moonwalkers before it goes to zero.
The likelihood of that is quite low, unless CONgress and Trump purposely funds it.
And I would not count on that.
The likelihood of adding to the list of living moon VISITORS before it reaches 0 is somewhat higher, that is, people whom have been in cislunar space, I suspect the number will go up by 2 in 2019, as much as I want it to be this year like it was announced to happen, the SpaceX lunar tourist mission is in delay prone status,
He was sad to see we haven’t pressed on to Mars. Maybe Trump will pick up the torch. Just watched Apollo 13 again. Crazy people on top of that huge Saturn rocket.
Condolences to the Family and Friends.
RIP Cpt Young and thanx for the work that you did.