Eugene Cernan, the last man on the moon, passes away

[MassPilot]

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/01/16/eugene-cernan-last-man-to-walk-on-moon-dead-at-82.html

He was a hero of mine. I read his book "The Last Man on the Moon". He was still flying his personal C421 recently.

RIP

 

[DrewG]

I JUST watched "The Last Man on the Moon" on Netflix about 5 days ago. Admirable guy.

RIP

 

[pkuhns]

Lest we forget, he went to the Moon TWICE! Soak that in folks...

 

[ralarcon]

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/01/16/eugene-cernan-last-man-to-walk-on-moon-dead-at-82.html

He was a hero of mine. I read his book "The Last Man on the Moon". He was still flying his personal C421 recently.

RIP

Thanks for the update, he was a hero of mine too, may he rest in peace.

Cheers

 

[MassPilot]

Lest we forget, he went to the Moon TWICE! Soak that in folks...

Yup! He got within 50000 feet of the surface on Apollo 10 and just had to go back to land!

 

[mscard88]

Our heroes and trailblazers are leaving us too soon! Tailwinds and God Speed Gene.

 

[MassPilot]

Our heroes and trailblazers are leaving us too soon! Tailwinds and God Speed Gene.

It's going to be a very sad day when no one alive has ever set foot on another world.

 

[overdrive148]

Rest in peace.

https://xkcd.com/893/

"The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space - each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision."

 

[kgruber]

Charles Duke, the youngest man to walk the moon, was born in 1935.

 

[Mutts]

Thank you Captain Cernan, and especially for always inspiring the young to pick up where you left off with those last footprints some day. I hoped he would live to see that day but I'm sure someone he has inspired will do so someday.

 

[FastEddieB]

I JUST watched "The Last Man on the Moon" on Netflix about 5 days ago. Admirable guy.

RIP

May watch that tonight.

Just got back from seeing "Hidden Figures" on a movie date, making this a bit more poignant.

 

[Dave Theisen]

Damn. I was fortunate enough to meet him.

 

[Kritchlow]

I met him several times and chatted. Nice guy.

RIP

 

[N659HB]

Godspeed, Gene.

 

[mcdewey]

I met him briefly at the Appleton airport on my way back from EAA AirVenture a couple of years. He was gracious to this excited Merritt Island boy. A tireless advocate of manned space exploration, he will be sorely missed.

 

[Sundancer]

"Blessed Saint Leibowitz, keep 'em dreamin' down there"

 

[SkyDog58]

One of the greatest of all of the astronauts.

 

[rtk11]

Bugger, bugger, bugger! Rest in Peace, Commander.

 

[Velocity173]

In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) is another good documentary that Gene is in.

RIP

 

[Acrodustertoo]

Was a great man who did great things and you would never know it if you met him. He was the most humble person. The world needs more heroes like Gene.




By the way, Need to change the title of this thread, he ALLEGEDLY walked on the moon

 

[Shepherd]

Ride, Captain, ride upon your mystery ship............

 

[Everskyward]

In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) is another good documentary that Gene is in.

RIP

I met him at Bombardier Safety Standdown 2007 when he introduced the movie at the screening for the participants.