I grew up watching the Apollo and Gemini space programs.........

Apollo 8 astronaut, William Anders, who took famous picture of Earth, killed in small plane crash

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who snapped the 'Earthrise' photo, died in Washington state Friday

The victim in a fatal plane crash Friday in Washington state has been identified as Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic "Earthrise" photo, his son Greg Anders confirmed to The Associated Press.

Just before noon, rescue crews responded to reports of a plane crash in Washington state between Orcas and Jones Island, the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Northwest confirmed. 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/apollo-8-astr...lane-crash

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Fun fact: Bill Anders didn’t crap during the entire 8-day Apollo8 flight.

Folks don’t fully understand the risks and tremendous leap of faith the Apollo 8 astronauts undertook. The furthest any astronaut had ever been from earth was 3000 miles. They launched to 238,000 miles and orbited the moon. And they did it in a rush because U.S. intelligence believed the Soviets were going to attempt it first. One of its crewmen, Bill Jim Lovell, also flew on the ill-fated Apollo 13. It’s an incredible story in itself.

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Fun fact: Bill Anders didn’t crap during the entire 8-day Apollo8 flight.

Folks don’t fully understand the risks and tremendous leap of faith the Apollo 8 astronauts undertook. The furthest any astronaut had ever been from earth was 3000 miles. They launched to 238,000 miles and orbited the moon. And they did it in a rush because U.S. intelligence believed the Soviets were going to attempt it first. One of its crewmen, Bill Lovell, also flew on the ill-fated Apollo 13. It’s an incredible story in itself.

Not me man. I am sticking my salad shooter right outside the space window. I don't care. Dynamics and Space is a Vacuum theory be damned. I ain't being a turd burglar for 8 days.

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"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky. The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing; Rush in and die, dogs - I was a man before I was a king."

Fun fact: Bill Anders didn’t crap during the entire 8-day Apollo8 flight.

Folks don’t fully understand the risks and tremendous leap of faith the Apollo 8 astronauts undertook. The furthest any astronaut had ever been from earth was 3000 miles. They launched to 238,000 miles and orbited the moon. And they did it in a rush because U.S. intelligence believed the Soviets were going to attempt it first. One of its crewmen, Bill Lovell, also flew on the ill-fated Apollo 13. It’s an incredible story in itself.

Not me man. I am sticking my salad shooter right outside the space window. I don't care. Dynamics and Space is a Vacuum theory be damned. I ain't being a turd burglar for 8 days.

Space being a vacuum might help it quite a bit.

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