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Gordon Cooper Dies at 77....Is Glenn next?? Life cover 9/14/1959
self | 10/7-2004 | Self

Posted on 10/07/2004 12:57:13 AM PDT by quietolong

LIFE SPACE COVER
September 14, 1959

Noted this when reading the LIFE space issue. And now with Cooper passing away.

The Astronauts are in the order they died in.

On the right front to back we have Grissom, Slayton & Shepard

And now starting left front we have Cooper

With the living ones Glenn, Schirra and Carpenter in the center.

So who’s next?


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: faith7; gordo; gordocooper; gordoncooper; life; nasa; space
Also one other piece of trivia:
All US space disasters happend at the end of Jan.

Apollo 1 fire Jan. 27 1967
Challenger Jan 28 1986
Columbia Feb 1 2003
( I haven’t check yet But I think were the Shuttle started it’s re-entry it was still Jan.)

Don’t fly at the end of Jan.

1 posted on 10/07/2004 12:57:13 AM PDT by quietolong
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To: quietolong

The damage occurred in January, upon lift-off. Ice is not a toy. Death by frozen PC enviro-wacko foam. Thanks NASA.

Go Rutan.


2 posted on 10/07/2004 1:05:04 AM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: Jeremiah Jr

See the image.

There's that phrase again: "One of Seven"


3 posted on 10/07/2004 1:06:20 AM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: quietolong
Is Glenn next?

Lord, forgive me, but I hope so. That man sold his soul, covered for Hillary at D'Amato's Banking hearings in the Senate and has called Republicans Nazis, all for another ride on the Shuttle, to test the affect of micro-gravity on aging.

When Storey Musgrave, the Hubble Mechanic was grounded for aging.

That's precisely the kind of dangerous Glory-Hounding at Taxpayer expense made impossible by the President's Space Initiative.

Gordo spent most of his flight praising God for allowing him to see the wonderous things he saw, long before folks took such things for granted.

Glenn was apolitical Glory hound from day one. Gordo was a true pilot.

A-Okay, Jose. The Clock has started.

4 posted on 10/07/2004 1:13:33 AM PDT by Prospero (Ad Astra!)
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To: Prospero

LOL I was wondering how long before someone would put a reply up like yours.


5 posted on 10/07/2004 1:19:47 AM PDT by quietolong
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To: Thinkin' Gal

Not part of the Seven of Nine hive I guess.


6 posted on 10/07/2004 1:21:59 AM PDT by quietolong
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To: Prospero

Storey Musgrave is a stud.


7 posted on 10/07/2004 1:26:12 AM PDT by zoyd (Hi, I'm with the government. We're going to make you like your neighbor.)
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To: Prospero

Plus, Glenn is the only one in the photograph wearing a bow tie, offering further proof, as if it were needed, that you can not trust a man who wears a bow tie. Including George Will and Tucker Carlson. Okay, maybe Ronald McDonald.


8 posted on 10/07/2004 4:06:17 AM PDT by speedy
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To: Prospero
I didn't mind that they launched Glenn into space; but why in the world did they bring him back down?

--Boris

9 posted on 10/07/2004 7:44:03 AM PDT by boris (The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a Leftist with a word processor)
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