Wally Schirra - DEAD!

[Hottub]

One of the original Mercury astronauts (http://www.optonline.net/News/Article/Feeds?CID=type%3Dxml%26channel%3D32%26article%3D22 038169), and pride of my hometown. Oradell, New Jersey!


Godspeed, Mr. Schirra.

[A.J.]

And then there were two.

[Bunny™]

Was he the one that did the Super Polygrip commercials back in the 80's?

[JPMNICK]

somewhere in south jersey Mike the teacher sheds a single tear.

As a science geek, I would have loved to have been around for when Astronauts were treated like rock stars and people knew their names. these are guys who are at the top of their profession not because they can hit a ball or get out of a car with no panties on, but because of hard work and dedication. it is a shame no one pays much attention to them anymore.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

It's a shame the Space Program is so fucking neglected and uncared about now. Whenever a President mentions NASA stuff, people get angry at him. We're unimaginative, undreaming mother fuckers who just think the only things we should focus on is how many problems there are in the world and how we can find other things wrong with them. I blame Prozac. I know this is random and crazy. Don't give a shit.

Dave was way off base bashing astronauts. Great explorers don't deserve that disrespect.

[A.J.]

As a science geek, I would have loved to have been around for when Astronauts were treated like rock stars and people knew their names.

Indeed.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e395/louisiana79/Rod.jpg

[JPMNICK]

woulnd't be science discussion on this board with out the obligitory simpson refrence

[Judge Smails]

Oh, I have slipped the surly bounds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a thousand things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hovering there,
I've chased the shouting wind along , and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

[mendyweiss]

Get out your old copy of "THe Right Stuff" by Tom WOlfe.
Talks about these guys getting ready for the Mercury gig.
Chuck Yeager was selected , but wanted nothing to do with the astronaut program.
He said it was like monkees sitting in a tin can

[burrben]

my hometown astronaut is still alive

http://www.astronautscholarship.org/images/glenn.jpg

[Mike Teacher]

somewhere in south jersey Mike the teacher sheds a single tear.

As a science geek, I would have loved to have been around for when Astronauts were treated like rock stars and people knew their names. these are guys who are at the top of their profession not because they can hit a ball or get out of a car with no panties on, but because of hard work and dedication. it is a shame no one pays much attention to them anymore.

Said tear rolls down my cheek...

...sigh...