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In message , OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org writes ...After exchanging a couple of e-mails with Mark Wade over an addition I think needs to be made to the "Phantom Astronauts" page on EA, I've suddenly come up with an idea for a "Canonical List" of said Phantoms. However, since most of my time these days is spent at my 60+hour/week job, I've decided to put out a Call For Input here on the group to see what can be dredged up. Here's the criteria: 1) As we're looking at fictional characters from "real" history, each Phantom Astronaut must have had his/her/its career rooted in an AH timeline where history doesn't deviate too drastically. Think how Baxter's characters in _Voyage_, or Majors Nelson and Healey existed in a world that wasn't that different from ours. How about these From Hugh Walter's "First On The Moon" "Chris" the British Astronaut "Morrison Kant" American Astronaut "Serge Smyslov" and From Larry Niven's "Fallen Angels" Alex MacLeod Gordon Tanner Or too far off our timeline? |
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In message , David Majors
writes From Hugh Walter's "First On The Moon" "Chris" the British Astronaut "Morrison Kant" American Astronaut "Serge Smyslov" I hate to knock Hugh Walters, because he's British :-) but the whole series has aged terribly. "First on the Moon" was also titled "Operation Columbus", and I see that according to http://www.flyingturkeys.com/gsg/gsgwaltershugh.html "they send British astronaut (the cover of the U. S. paperback edition calls him "the American") Chris Godfrey to the moon, alone." Hah! The weakest part of the whole series is that Godfrey then leads expeditions to all the other planets in the solar system! -- What have they got to hide? Release the ESA Beagle 2 report. Remove spam and invalid from address to reply. |
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In article , Jonathan Silverlight
wrote: I hate to knock Hugh Walters, because he's British :-) but the whole series has aged terribly. "First on the Moon" was also titled "Operation Columbus", and I see that according to http://www.flyingturkeys.com/gsg/gsgwaltershugh.html "they send British astronaut (the cover of the U. S. paperback edition calls him "the American") Chris Godfrey to the moon, alone." Hah! The weakest part of the whole series is that Godfrey then leads expeditions to all the other planets in the solar system! Actually,I agree- fog creatures in Plato,8 foot diameter NOVA etc.,big bad red commie scum make me wince today. But I found these exciting when I read them in my early teens. Besides- to paraphrase another poster-if the guy who finds a bottle with a genie qualifies... Dave M. |
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From Hugh Walter's "First On The Moon"
"Chris" the British Astronaut "Morrison Kant" American Astronaut "Serge Smyslov" and From Larry Niven's "Fallen Angels" Alex MacLeod Gordon Tanner Or too far off our timeline? On this subject, anyone ever read a book by Martin Caidin, called "No Man's World". The book was written before Apollo 11 (maybe even pre-Apollo 1) and is about an American lunar landing after the Soviets have not only beaten the US to the moon, but, established a base on the moon, and when the Americans land, they want them off. Kinda interesting just because of how many steps above the US, Caidan puts the Soviets in terms of capabilities and didn't seem to be a fan of the idea of the Saturn V, and that the Soviets could leapfrog us just using smaller rockets. Anyway, there are a whole gaggle of fictional astronauts mentioned in there. The main character (the CDR of the first landing) and his CMP both flew a fictional Gemini 13. Crews for the first two Saturn V test flights, and an Apollo 10-esque dress rehersal, and plenty more. Not to mention the Cosmonauts on the moon.... -A.L. |
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In message , David Majors
writes In article , Jonathan Silverlight wrote: I hate to knock Hugh Walters, because he's British :-) but the whole series has aged terribly. "First on the Moon" was also titled "Operation Columbus", and I see that according to http://www.flyingturkeys.com/gsg/gsgwaltershugh.html "they send British astronaut (the cover of the U. S. paperback edition calls him "the American") Chris Godfrey to the moon, alone." Hah! The weakest part of the whole series is that Godfrey then leads expeditions to all the other planets in the solar system! Actually,I agree- fog creatures in Plato,8 foot diameter NOVA etc.,big bad red commie scum make me wince today. But I found these exciting when I read them in my early teens. So did I, but Robert Heinlein's novels haven't aged in the same way (just an example, aimed at the same audience). I've still got one of Patrick Moore's novels, and I must get a copy of "Trouble on Titan" to see if it's still as exciting after 40 years. Come to think of it, this is the perfect time to do so. We're _going_ there. |
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CFI: Canonical List of Sci-Fi "Real" Astronauts
I read in the novel that McKendrick flew on an early shuttle mission.
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CFI: Canonical List of Sci-Fi "Real" Astronauts
Children of Apollo (Whittington)
Apollo 23 Ray McPherson,CDR Wendy Pendleton,LMP Unnamed CMP Desmond Thomas,XRV pilot Apollo 19 Unnamed CDR Ray McPherson,CMP Unnamed LMP Commercial space station George Pierce Debra Harris Skylab 6 unnamed astronauts |
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