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Topic: Photo of the week 862 (May 1, 2021)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3501
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 04-30-2021 02:40 PM
   
 The original Apollo 8 crew consisted of (left to right) Frank Borman, Mike Collins and Bill Anders. They are seen here during a training session at MIT in June 1968. Several weeks later Collins was removed from the crew because he had to undergo surgery. He recovered in time for a seat on Apollo 11 and the rest is history. Collins died April 28 at age 90. |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 615
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 04-30-2021 02:46 PM
Very good. |
David C
Member Posts: 1266
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 04-30-2021 04:22 PM
Good choice. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4350
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 04-30-2021 04:36 PM
Very appropriate. Thanks Ed! |
randy
Member Posts: 2427
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 04-30-2021 04:38 PM
I've never seen this picture before. Good choice. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2700
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 04-30-2021 04:51 PM
Perfect! |
Ian Limbrey
Member Posts: 149
From: England
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 05-01-2021 12:57 AM
Very sad news this week but great photo, thanks Ed! |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 490
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 05-01-2021 07:28 AM
Great photo. Hard to believe it's over a half century ago. Tempus fugit. |
Headshot
Member Posts: 990
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 05-01-2021 10:28 AM
Great picture. Michael Collins was going to fly on an epic moon flight one way or another (Apollo 8 or 11), he headed the creation of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, and he wrote "Carrying the Fire," a remarkably well-written book.He may not have left a boot print on the lunar surface, but he certainly left his mark here on Earth. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1648
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 05-01-2021 09:38 PM
I imagine that it was around the time this picture was taken that Mike Collins began experiencing the effects that led to the diagnosis and neck surgery. |
Henry Heatherbank
Member Posts: 286
From: Adelaide, South Australia
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 05-01-2021 11:44 PM
Ok, so let’s play “what if”. Collins flies 8 and there is no back surgery. Does he resign soon afterward, or does he go on to backup 11 (Lovell Collins Haise) or does he get command of his own backup crew, say Apollo 13, putting him in line to command 16? |
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