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Bailey Guns
03-19-2020, 04:29
Alfred M. Worden, 88, Apollo 15. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/science/space/al-worden-dead.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200319&section=whatElse&campaign_id=9&instance_id=16894&segment_id=22376&user_id=458017fa040fd3714c52a1bffe55eba7&regi_id=100030844ion=whatElse)

Gman
03-19-2020, 09:11
Some super smart men with enormous cajones. A special breed. RIP, Colonel Worden.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Worden

Worden performing humanity's first deep-space EVA during Apollo 15's homeward journey (1971). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Worden#/media/File:Worden_podczas_EVA_S71-43202.jpg)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Worden_podczas_EVA_S71-43202.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Worden#/media/File:Worden_podczas_EVA_S71-43202.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Worden#/media/File:Worden_podczas_EVA_S71-43202.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Al_Worden_Apollo_15_CMP.jpg

Aloha_Shooter
03-19-2020, 10:14
Saw that last night and was sad to see it. He has been a vibrant energetic presence at the last 3 Spacefests. A lot of humor and numility.

Duman
03-19-2020, 18:27
Godspeed, Alfred Worden.....