Fly high, Jim Lovell...

[Reynard]

Jim Lovell has passed away age 97. Veteran of Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, he was one of my heroes. I think he'll be missed by a lot of people. My favourite memory is staying late in my office in the Imperial College mechanical engineering building one night (I think it was around 2002) to watch a live NASA stream of a lecture he was giving. A great raconteur, he was wonderful to listen to.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl7y8zq5xpno

 

[Drago]

Not many of them left now I think Pete Conrad was the first to go, now only Aldrin still standing?

I wrote a paper on the free return trajectory used by Apollo 13 for my masters.

 

[DRM]

Those Astronauts, and the NASA Space Missions & Moon landings, certainly fired the Imaginations of just about every child born Mid 50's to Mid 60's I reckon

 

[Reynard]

Not many of them left now I think Pete Conrad was the first to go, now only Aldrin still standing?

I wrote a paper on the free return trajectory used by Apollo 13 for my masters.

Surprisingly, still a few around. Aldrin. Plus Scott, Schweickart, Haise, Duke & Schmidt.

 

[Reynard]

Those Astronauts, and the NASA Space Missions & Moon landings, certainly fired the Imaginations of just about every child born Mid 50's to Mid 60's I reckon

And well beyond that, too... I'm somewhat younger, but have always been fascinated by that sort of stuff.

 

[Drago]

Surprisingly, still a few around. Aldrin. Plus Scott, Schweickart, Haise, Duke & Schmidt.

Aye, Schmidt the geologist flew with Gene Cernan, who was my favourite Apollo astronaut. They were a hell of a bunch.

 

[Reynard]

Aye, Schmidt the geologist flew with Gene Cernan, who was my favourite Apollo astronaut. They were a hell of a bunch.

The only one who wasn't a test or military pilot. But the first proper scientist to fly. IIRC he was slated for one of the later Apollo missions, but after the last three flights were canned, it took a lot of head busting to get him that seat on 17.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Well that's me watching Apollo 13 this weekend. RIP.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Urgh, I watched Apollo 13 in the cinema when I was... Well, 13.

I was fascinated and I have watched that film countless times. I know he was not Tom Hanks, but a more fitting tribute to the guy I can barely think of!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Well that's me watching Apollo 13 this weekend. RIP.

Off the top of my head

*The night Apollo 11 landed on the moon*:

"I'd like to thank you all for coming to my dress rehearsal party of my Apollo 12 landing..."

"You're drunk Lovell..."

"Yep, but look... Look... *Starts laughing"

"I propose we don't clear up in the morning, we just pack up and move away..."

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Lovell talking with his youngest:

"... And here we have the LEM, he's a rather spidery kinda guy..."

"Dad... Did you know Astronauts in the fire?"

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In he run up to the launch:


"It'll really be one for the books!"

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The launch:

"Relax, it's the fuel pumps"

"And we're haulin' the mail guys!!

"Just a small jolt guys..."

"That was quite some jolt!"

"Looks like we've just had the glitch for our mission!"

"And that, gentlemen, is how we do that!"

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"It's the Constelation Urine!"

"Can I say to the IRS that I have missed a payment..."

"... Don't worry, I am sure President Nixon will forgive you, as you are most definitely out of the country!"


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"Houston, we have a problem... We have a main 'B' bus undervolt..."

"It's like flying with a dead elephant on our backs!"

"If a washing machine could fly, then my Jimmy would be the man to land it!"

"Mommy, you're squishing me!"

"It's been a honour flying with you both..."

 

[wiggydiggy]

"We h


"We have a main 'B' bus undervolt..."

Its one of the best space films ever made, that it's based on a true story is amazing.

Slightly off topic for Jim Lovell but I think the rescue of Matt Damon's character in The Martian is the only film that has come close to Apollo 13.

 

[Reynard]

Its one of the best space films ever made, that it's based on a true story is amazing.

Slightly off topic for Jim Lovell but I think the rescue of Matt Damon's character in The Martian is the only film that has come close to Apollo 13.

His book, "Lost Moon" is well worth a read. As is Gene Krantz's "Failure is not an Option".

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

"Are the flowers blooming in Houston?"

"No Jim, that's a negative, Charlie Duke did not have the Measles..."

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Its one of the best space films ever made, that it's based on a true story is amazing.

Slightly off topic for Jim Lovell but I think the rescue of Matt Damon's character in The Martian is the only film that has come close to Apollo 13.

OOOFFFTT!!.

As a kid seeing this at the cinema, how could you not be impressed??!!:


View: https://youtu.be/xP_PoLI_FFY?si=_GK60FPT6L9-20RT

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

The lead up to...:


View: https://youtu.be/6FdmakmymIs?si=MKk5Eu3kTD9zCcUu


... This:


View: https://youtu.be/7RJnMME0XAw?si=ugjkdLnz38DHJASF