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Gordon Cooper 1927 - 2004
Hilton Evans:
Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 77 By Martin Weil Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 5, 2004; Page B06 Gordon Cooper, 77, one of the seven original U.S. astronauts, who made the nation's first manned spaceflights and became known as possessors of "The Right Stuff," died yesterday at his home in Ventura, Calif. The cause of death could not be learned immediately. More at -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2004Oct4.html ***** R.I.P. It is the way of all flesh. Until I read the various obituaries I had not known -- or perhaps I had known but forgotten -- that Gordie had come to believe the UFO/ET myths. That is unfortunate, but in no way does it detract from his heroic achievements. I was a pileit* in the Air Force in 1963 in Washington, DC, when I managed to get a day off from work to see the huge parade that was held in Gordie's honor following his Mercury 9 flight. Davoud * U.S. Air Force Pileit: "Hey, boy, pick up this stuff and pileit over there. Then pick up that stuff over there and pileit here. Be quick about it. Then..." Being a pileit didn't have quite all the prestige of being a pilot, but the training was less rigorous. -- usenet *at* davidillig dawt com |
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Davoud wrote in message ...
R.I.P. NASA image gallery: http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/browse.jsp Select missions Gemini V or Mercury IX. Bios: http://history.nasa.gov/40thmerc7/cooper.htm http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bios/htmlbios/cooper-lg.html http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/fea...oper_obit.html - Canopus |
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