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06-08-2024, 02:01 AM
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RIP William Anders
Apollo 8 Astronaut William Anders, who took a historic photo of the Earth from view over the moon, where he and his crew orbited 10 times before returning to Earth, has passed at 90 after crashing in his plane. With fellow Apollo 8 Astronaut Frank Borman having passed last year at 95, that leaves Jim Lovell the one remaining member of Apollo 8. Rest well William Anders & Frank Borman.
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06-08-2024, 10:59 AM
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Meat-n-Potatoes Man
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Wow, that's almost poetic irony. A man who piloted to the stars dies by crashing into the Earth while piloting a plane. It's like a bluegrass ballad. May he rest in peace.
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06-08-2024, 03:33 PM
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When you read someone passes at 90, you usually don’t expect that to be followed by “in a plane crash!” Respect!
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06-09-2024, 12:14 AM
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Anders did another well-known thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthr...713574299).jpg The former image above was eventually cropped and used for The Earthrise image. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthr...-Earthrise.jpg
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06-13-2024, 06:32 AM
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Overlord
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Sweden
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It's so sad hearing these people passing away, without witnessing the first manned missions to Mars.
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