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The only guy from the Apollo 17 crew still alive. Born in 1935, his mind is still as sharp as it was in 1972 I think. Nice interview...

In 2022 NASA named the Launch Control Center at the Cape after Rocco Petrone. It is now the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center. A late but nice honor.

I always loved that guy already during the Shuttle era. Probably one of the best astronauts for public relations.

Interesting. I managed to make my own icecream, accidentally 👀 I am three hours in readiness (too less trains available, so train cancellations). Since it is only 4 minutes to get home, I decided to drive home and make a nice smoothie - berries and banana. But I did not include a banana this...

When you write your own pdf textbook about the basics of spaceflight... and you just find out such a book already exists that includes the same graphics and sources 👀 So I won't finish mine to safe time. But good to know one would be able to write a college-level undergraduate textbook without...

Nice one (y) The early days have so little in common with todays railway and my job. These are also good...

Today I thought: omg it's only 15 years left until I become 60 years old 😵 I still feel like 20 (and look like 30 according to fellows). We all know that 15 years is nothing. It's so far away in my mind but not on my passport. And from 60 it's only a few years until pension 👀 I just figured out...

A guy almost similar to John W. Young I guess. Not the "standard astronaut" one has to google for in the long list. I just read about his death on the NASA website. I saw the name only in the headline and instantly STS went into my mind again, without really having a face in mind, but I knew his...

Does take my scepticism regarding mankind aside for a while... Damn, this world is still a nice place.