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John W. Young on his rookie mission. Severe official disapproval, but of course he went on to a total of six launches, two of them moonbound, two of them truly
by interfixus 9y ago
John W. Young on his rookie mission. Severe official disapproval, but of course he went on to a total of six launches, two of them moonbound, two of them truly pioneering, and only relatively recently retired from NASA.
Autobiography Forever Young recommended.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoIt does show a sort of trailblazing attitude to take a corned beef sandwich into space, not knowing what it will do.
- Avshalom 9y agoI dunno I'm pretty sure everyone involved was pretty confident it would be delicious.
- jacquesm 9y agoHe retired from everything relatively recently.
- interfixus 9y agoIf you mean the final retirement, then no, he's alive and probably kicking. You may be thinking of Gene Cernan. Young's Apollo 16 crew is the only moon-landing team still intact. Apollo 8 is also still fully manned. They were the first, and took the iconic pictures, but they didn't land.
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y agoJohn Young died 3 days ago.
- interfixus 9y agoYes, sorry, I see that now.
- jacquesm 9y agoHN Thread about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16087154 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16087154
- antsar 9y ago> Young died on January 5, 2018, at his home in Houston of complications from pneumonia. He was 87. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut)
- interfixus 9y agoSo strange. I doublechecked on Wikipedia before posting my comment, just to be sure. Nothing, "John Young is". Now, an hour later, it's there, "John Young was". Apologise for the misinformation. Offline weekend, the news passed me by.