Astronauts

[maryportfuncity 10,657]

On 24/02/2020 at 01:18, Banana said:

Pretty sure astronauts can’t have any genetic conditions that could affect them in space. Therefore they’re normally pretty healthy people. 

 

 

Yeah, Buzz Aldrin saved his alcoholism for after splashdown!

[Bentrovato 1,089]

From the BBC. Proof that all this supposed space travel is a con. A quote from a cosmonaut on his way to the non existent International Space Station: "It's a strange time to be travelling, but crew member Ivanishin said where they were going was the "safest place on earth" right now. "

[Joey Russ 7,229]

On 17/12/2016 at 16:21, adrian0719 said:

Cute picture of Annie Glenn, John's widow at his service. She is wheelchair-bound, but looking pretty good for close to 97.

And now Annie Glenn is dead at 100

[drol 11,974]

1 minute ago, Joey Russ said:

And now Annie Glenn is dead at 100

Was too ill to appear at her birthday. 

[Death Impends 7,996]

43 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

And now Annie Glenn is dead at 100

 

Annie Glenn's death was from coronavirus:

 

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

5 hours ago, Death Impends said:

 

Annie Glenn's death was from coronavirus:

 

 

Why the fuck would this post get 4 crying face emojis?  Who cares about an astronauts widow’s cause of death?  (At all really)
What the hell is wrong with you people?  Ya wee tender-hearted fucks.

[Sean 6,337]

26 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Why the fuck would this post get 4 crying face emojis?  Who cares about an astronauts widow’s cause of death?  (At all really)
What the hell is wrong with you people?  Ya wee tender-hearted fucks.

Just sad she got to that age then gets that.

[Miracle Aligner 249]

38 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

 Why the fuck would this post get 4 crying face emojis?  Who cares about an astronauts widow’s cause of death?  (At all really)
 What the hell is wrong with you people?  Ya wee tender-hearted fucks.

 

Welcome back you odious moron. 

[Toast 16,155]

13 minutes ago, Sean said:

Just sad she got to that age then gets that.

 

Not many causes of death are pleasant.

[Sean 6,337]

47 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

Not many causes of death are pleasant.

True.

[Miracle Aligner 249]

1 hour ago, Toast said:

 

Not many causes of death are pleasant.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/feb/08/how-doctors-choose-die

 

A natural death, without medical intervention is your only option for 'a pleasant death.'

 

Get your DNR in order.

[The Red Death 87]

6 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Why the fuck would this post get 4 crying face emojis?  Who cares about an astronauts widow’s cause of death?  (At all really)
What the hell is wrong with you people?  Ya wee tender-hearted fucks.

And now, it's 6.

[Whitehouse 872]

45 minutes to go till the Spacex Dragon is about to lift off. 

 

Just a question. If both men perish before orbit, are they still considered astronauts?? 

Dillema, Dilemma......

 

Edit

The launch was successful, they are astronauts now.

[One shot Paddy 1,206]

They were for years, one was the last shuttle commander in 2011. "They don't give first flights to noobs!" OSP Jr.

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[Joey Russ 7,229]

On 10/10/2013 at 13:33, time said:

Scott Carpenter, Mercury falling.

His wife Rene Carpenter has now died

[YoungWillz 21,067]

NASA's final leader of the Skylab mission, Gerald P Carr reportedly dead: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-082620a-obituary-gerald-jerry-carr-skylab-astronaut.html

[Octopus of Odstock 2,203]

Just watched the fascinating Challenger disaster documentary on Netflix. 

Many ex-astronauts featured look in good shape, although Richard Truly looks quite doddery now. 

Larry Mulloy, effectively painted as the bad guy, doesn't look great but his boss, William Lucas, looks very well at 98.

Joe Kilminster, of Morton Thiokol, clearly has some Parkinson-related disease but his voice was relatively strong. Its surprising how many key players to the disaster, then in their mid 50s, are still going. Maybe karma for the seven who died early if you believe in that kind of thing. 

[The Immortal 636]

On 20/09/2020 at 14:42, Octopus of Odstock said:

Just watched the fascinating Challenger disaster documentary on Netflix. 

Many ex-astronauts featured look in good shape, although Richard Truly looks quite doddery now. 

Larry Mulloy, effectively painted as the bad guy, doesn't look great but his boss, William Lucas, looks very well at 98.

Joe Kilminster, of Morton Thiokol, clearly has some Parkinson-related disease but his voice was relatively strong. Its surprising how many key players to the disaster, then in their mid 50s, are still going. Maybe karma for the seven who died early if you believe in that kind of thing. 

Thats some nice information.

Were Challenger era astronauts Karol Bobko (pilot of Challenger's first flight) Frederick Hauck (Commander of first flight after Challenger), Richard Covey (He was the CAPCOM that day) there?

[Octopus of Odstock 2,203]

Covey was, yes and looked very well. The other two, no. 

[maryportfuncity 10,657]

On 20/09/2020 at 10:12, Octopus of Odstock said:

Just watched the fascinating Challenger disaster documentary on Netflix. 

Many ex-astronauts featured look in good shape, although Richard Truly looks quite doddery now. 

Larry Mulloy, effectively painted as the bad guy, doesn't look great but his boss, William Lucas, looks very well at 98.

Joe Kilminster, of Morton Thiokol, clearly has some Parkinson-related disease but his voice was relatively strong. Its surprising how many key players to the disaster, then in their mid 50s, are still going. Maybe karma for the seven who died early if you believe in that kind of thing. 

 

 

The seven who died early survived the explosion and there's an audio recording of them trying in vain to stay calm and get what's left of their ship under control, right?

 

Think they'd have swapped those final two and a half minutes for a dose of the doddery in later life

[The Immortal 636]

Thats nice. Hauck is in pretty decent shape from a Youtube video from 2019 and Bobko appeared in the 2019 hall of fame ceremony also in decent shape.

 

As for what I know about the other early shuttle era members from Astronaut Group 8. Brandenstein, Coats, Shaw, Gregory, Gibson, Seddon, Hoffmann and Sullivan appeared in the 2019 Astronaut hall of fame ceremony and all are doing very good. Shriver seems to be only involved in Hubble Telescope related events which is fair since he was commander of that mission.

Also all the living Group 8 women seem to be doing really good and have all appeared recently in public. The other day Kathy Sullivan went to the deepest point on Earth

No information about Creighton and the other non pilot and women members of Astronaut Group 8.

[Octopus of Odstock 2,203]

3 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

The seven who died early survived the explosion and there's an audio recording of them trying in vain to stay calm and get what's left of their ship under control, right?

 

Think they'd have swapped those final two and a half minutes for a dose of the doddery in later life

 

No, the last recording is of the pilot one second before the explosion. It is not known how many died instantly but apparently all of them would have been rendered unconscious instantly. 

[Octopus of Odstock 2,203]

3 hours ago, TheSpinosaurus said:

Thats nice. Hauck is in pretty decent shape from a Youtube video from 2019 and Bobko appeared in the 2019 hall of fame ceremony also in decent shape.

 

As for what I know about the other early shuttle era members from Astronaut Group 8. Brandenstein, Coats, Shaw, Gregory, Gibson, Seddon, Hoffmann and Sullivan appeared in the 2019 Astronaut hall of fame ceremony and all are doing very good. Shriver seems to be only involved in Hubble Telescope related events which is fair since he was commander of that mission.

Also all the living Group 8 women seem to be doing really good and have all appeared recently in public. The other day Kathy Sullivan went to the deepest point on Earth

No information about Creighton and the other non pilot and women members of Astronaut Group 8.

Gregory and Seddon feature heavily in this as does Barbara Morgan. All looking very well as does Crippen from an earlier era. 

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5 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

 

No, the last recording is of the pilot one second before the explosion. It is not known how many died instantly but apparently all of them would have been rendered unconscious instantly. 

My memory is so shoddy that despite watching this only about 3 days ago I cannot recall if there was any reference to PEAP's in the actual programme however it did prompt me to re-appraise some of the information out there as one does, and there is some evidence that either or both of Ellison Onizuka and Judith Resnick were conscious long enough to activate their PEAP devices and that of pilot Michael J Smith (his switch was beyond his own reach on his back).