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Started by Crazy_Ivan80, April 28, 2021, 02:14:22 PM

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Crazy_Ivan80

April 28, 2021, 02:14:22 PM
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins is gone

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/michael-collins-1.6005675

One of greats. :(

The Brain

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April 28, 2021, 03:04:53 PM
RIP :(
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grumbler

#2
April 28, 2021, 03:09:00 PM
The humble giant.  He was one of the best spokesmen for human space travel I've heard.

RIP  :(
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KRonn

#3
April 28, 2021, 05:26:56 PM
RIP.

He jokingly said NASA sent him to the wrong planet, that it should have been Mars. 

alfred russel

#4
April 28, 2021, 05:37:14 PM
RIP. But his achievements with NASA don't erase his past with the IRA.  :(
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Savonarola

#5
April 29, 2021, 07:34:38 AM
The Smithsonian had a write up on him:

Remembering Michael Collins

Collins is significant to the Smithsonian (in addition to his role on the Apollo 11 mission) for being fundamental in the establishment of the National Air and Space Museum and later being its director.
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Savonarola

#6
April 29, 2021, 07:35:08 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on April 28, 2021, 05:37:14 PM
RIP. But his achievements with NASA don't erase his past with the IRA.  :(

:P
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Sheilbh

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April 29, 2021, 07:36:43 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on April 28, 2021, 05:37:14 PM
RIP. But his achievements with NASA don't erase his past with the IRA.  :(
:lol:

Has a biopic ever left out more than Liam Neeson's Michael Collins?
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Josquius

#8
April 29, 2021, 08:28:26 AM
I wonder if there's any truth to this?
As it makes me smile.

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alfred russel

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April 29, 2021, 08:39:34 AM
Quote from: Tyr on April 29, 2021, 08:28:26 AM
I wonder if there's any truth to this?
As it makes me smile.



And that attitude is why NASA didn't let Michael Collins walk on the moon.  :P
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

Legbiter

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April 29, 2021, 12:01:59 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on April 28, 2021, 05:37:14 PM
RIP. But his achievements with NASA don't erase his past with the IRA.  :(

Yeah but he finally succeeded in finding a place not invaded by the British.  :hmm:
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