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Topic: "Superman" Christopher Reeve passes away...
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spaceflori
Member Posts: 1499
From: Germany
Registered: May 2000
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posted 10-11-2004 06:25 AM
   
October continues to be a very sad month :
Another passing of a real hero - Christopher Reeve dead at 52.Though not really space related he also incorporated that admirable "nothing is impossible" attitude many of the astronauts share as well. God speed Chris, Max, Gordo and Pete. |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-11-2004 07:01 AM
Very sad. He was a great fighter and an inspiration to many.Paul |
HouseDadX4
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posted 10-11-2004 09:32 AM
He sure was an inspiration...This is truly a sad month. I read this morning then former National League MVP Ken Caminiti died yesterday too. He was only 41 years old. Article said heart attack... |
Spacepsycho
Member Posts: 818
From: Huntington Beach, Calif.
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 10-11-2004 01:08 PM
He was an incredible man, he brought spinal injury research to a new level where it deserves to be and he lived his life the best he could with the cards he was dealt. Look at all the people who were helped by him after his injury and his legacy will live on.Honestly, I don't think I could live as a quad like he did and I'm thankful that his pain is finally over. This is shaping up to be one heck of a bad month. Ray |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-11-2004 02:22 PM
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Originally posted by spaceflori:Though not really space related
There's always SOME link... ... the beginning of the "Superman II" movie shows (according to a Superman website) "The Apollo mission, Artemus (sic) with two American astronauts and one cosmonaut ... the first joint Russian-American moon mission." Although dated now, and it has been a long, long time since I watched it, I remember it as a pretty imaginative concept of an uprated LM, compared to most Hollywood movies of the time. Artemis was, in mythology, the twin sister of Apollo. Good name.
http://www.nasawatch.com/ today also has posted some extracts of speeches by Reeve where he mentions spaceflight. FF [This message has been edited by FFrench (edited October 11, 2004).] |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-11-2004 06:24 PM
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Originally posted by spaceflori:
Though not really space related
NASA Watch provides a further link from Reeve's speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1996: quote:
"Now, America has a tradition that many nations probably envy. We frequently achieve the impossible. But that's part of our national character. That's what got us from one coast to another. That's what got us the largest economy in the world. That's what got us to the moon. Now, in my room while I was in rehab, there was a picture of the space shuttle blasting off. It was autographed by every astronaut down at NASA. On the top of that picture it says, "We found nothing is impossible."
And from Reeve's own website... quote:
"Neil Armstrong never would have walked on the moon without the support of the American people. Similarly, I know that my dream of walking again will not be fulfilled without the help of people like you. And because every day gone by is another day I and millions more live with paralysis, there is no time to waste."
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Richard
New Member Posts: 5
From: Morrisonville, New York USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 10-11-2004 06:58 PM
And you have to remember that Superman did fly from his home planet to earth in a spaceship. Also the three evil characters also from his home planet landed first on the moon and interrupted an "apollo" mission. Finally, Superman also flew around the earth backwards to turn back time and save Lois' life.OK, this is getting stupid. Let's just remember that these were cheesy movies. Yes, they had some sort of space reference. Yes, Reeves greatly increased the public's awareness about spinal cord injuries, etc. Yes, I am saddened by his death and think of him as a great inspiration. However, I would have to agree with spaceflori in that it is not really space related. |
Wehaveliftoff
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Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 10-13-2004 10:31 PM
Today's "Smallville" TV episode paid tribute to MR. Reeves at the beginning highlighting brief seconds of him talking in an episode, then again at the end of the program, with a memorium adding "A man who made men believe they could fly." Touching and APPROPRIATE. |
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