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NASA astronaut Tom Stafford, famed for U.S.-Soviet orbital handshake, has died at 93
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| March 18, 2024
| Russell Lewis
Posted on 03/18/2024 8:13:06 AM PDT by Ben Dover
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To: GreenLanternCorps
Holy crap, that's Deke Slayton! WWII badass (56 combat sorties), original Mercury guy disqualified for irregular heart-beat, worked his way through NASA and rebuilt himself to eventually become the oldest astronaut at that time (51).
He went to the stars in 1993 from a brain tumor.
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03/18/2024 12:40:14 PM PDT
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MikelTackNailer
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To: GreenLanternCorps; Ben Dover
Back in the day I got to work at NASA with Vance Brand’s daughter Susan, life sciences, she is so smart and nice.
I never got to meet her Dad, who is in the middle of the photo you posted.
That hookup was a great thing as part of a path to better times with the USSR. Great photo.
RIP Tom Stafford.
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03/18/2024 2:24:42 PM PDT
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Weirdad
(Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communifascism!))
To: GreenLanternCorps; Ben Dover
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03/18/2024 2:28:34 PM PDT
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Weirdad
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04/03/2024 6:38:04 PM PDT
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