First TK Mattingly and today Frank Borman

I remember Apollo 8 like it was last week glued to the tv watching the earth rise.

Saw Mattingly had passed, hadn't heard about Borman.

RIP, gents

Of the 12 astronauts who walked on the moon, only 4 are still with us.
Buzz Aldrin
David Scott
Charles Duke
Harrison Schmitt

So sad to lose them.
TRUE American hero's!

RIP!

One of the biggest regrets I have was passing up an opportunity to meet Gene Cernan. I read his book and had a chance to meet him over a weekend in Tucson and let it slip away. I was thinking there was always next year. Four months later he passed.

I followed the space program from early Gemini through the shuttle and although I’ve met about a half dozen astronauts, the two that had the biggest impact on my life and career path was Armstrong and Cernan. The alpha and omega of moon walkers.

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Originally posted by markand:
Of the 12 astronauts who walked on the moon, only 4 are still with us.
Buzz Aldrin
David Scott
Charles Duke
Harrison Schmitt

It is both sad and inevitable that we are losing this generation of heroes.

This reminds me of the Brian Regan bit about being one of the few who actually walked on the moon:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=...Rub24gdGhyIG1vb24%3D