RIP Gordon Cooper

Alan Questell wrote:

Gordon Cooper has died. Information is available at nasa's web site and
details should be available on CNN.com soon.

Farewell, Gordo.


David
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per aspera ad astra

"Rusty Barton" wrote in message
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Just realized. The day Sputnik 1 was launched. Kind of ironic.

Whatcha got hold of there is a coincidence
Ironic would be Cooper dying in a plane crash on that anniversary.
Almost no one uses the term "ironic" correctly anymore. It's just George
Carlin and I fighting a losing battle...

Indeed, condolences to Mr. Cooper's family, friends and colleagues. I
chatted with him briefly at the last astronaut gala and he seemed so frail.

IIRC, Bull retired because of a sudden health problem.

"Tim K." wrote in message
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Almost no one uses the term "ironic" correctly anymore. It's just George
Carlin and I fighting a losing battle...

Haematite and magnetite are quite ironic.

On 2004-10-05, bravotangoechonovembernovemberechoyankee@netpath. net wrote:

And David R. Scott, Apollo 9.
Not the whole mission, of course.

Greater than one orbit, though, if you want to be pedantic about it...
;-)

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-Andrew Gray

On 2004-10-05, OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote:

...Yeah, that's all. This is something we're going to be seeing a lot
more of over the next decade or so. As it stands now, here's where
Groups 1 & 2 stand above or below ground:

FWIW: Of the six Vostok crew, three are dead - Titov died 2000,
Nikolayev only this July, and of course Gagarin back in '68. Of the
seven other planned Vostok flights, four of the intended crews (as of
early 1963) are dead.

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-Andrew Gray

"Neil Gerace" wrote in message
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"Tim K." wrote in message
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Almost no one uses the term "ironic" correctly anymore. It's just
George
Carlin and I fighting a losing battle...

Haematite and magnetite are quite ironic.

Back to sci.geo.geology with you.
; )

On 05 Oct 2004 13:18:47 GMT, (MasterShrink)
wrote:

You forgot a few. Jim Irwin and Stu Roosa passed away as well.

....I actually didn't forget them, but somehow as late as it was I
somehow missed the C&P of "Deceased" next to their names. Then, when I
did the tally update, I counted the "Deceaseds" and didn't check them
before posting.

Then again, I'm surprised nobody jumped my **** for not putting Jose
Jimenez in the Group 1 list...

OM

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"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr

On 05 Oct 2004 13:18:47 GMT, (MasterShrink)
wrote:

Actually, Graveline wasn't a "quitting wuss" but someone who got his ass fired
before the first day of work because he was involved in a messy divorce where
there was suspected spousal abuse. If true, that would lead me to care less
about him than O'Leary...

....I've heard two stories about Graveline. One was the wife-beating
bit, the other was that he took the same tact as O'Weenie did -
wanting more time off for personal research than NASA could afford.

OM

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"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr

David Sander wrote in message ...
Alan Questell wrote:

Gordon Cooper has died. Information is available at nasa's web site and
details should be available on CNN.com soon.

Farewell, Gordo.


David

Maybe Scott Kozel will remember the Jim Rathmann dealership over in
Melbourne. I was there one day, age 8 or 9, with my dad picking up a
part for our 63 Impala SS. Since the start of the Mercury days,
Cooper had been my favorite astronaut (children order things that
way). As we walked through the place, in other direction, came Gordon
Cooper. I was shocked, amazed and excited. My father remembers me
going right to Cooper and telling him that he was my favorite
astronaut. Cooper's smile and handshake that day only reinforced that
feeling.

Much has been said about Cooper later is his career as an astronaut .
.. . and a lot was said about his book. None of that takes away from
the admiration that I had for him and the others. He along the rest
were, and remain (despite their humanity), my heros.

My condolances to those who loved him. Blue skies Gordo . . .

John Pelchat