As many of you know I am occasionally taken with strange thoughts running through my head. This weekend proved to be a unique experience in that phenomenon. As I was watching the conclusion to the Discovery Channel Mini-Series "When We Left Earth", which is about the history of the NASA and the Space Program, and the thinking about my 10 year class reunion, which is next year, I thought to myself about how much it would have sucked to be in the same class as some of the pioneers of this Program.
So this post is dedicated to those men and women, and for those of you who don't know here are the names and accomplishments of the special fraternity of those who were the firsts.
1.) Alan Shepherd- First American In Space.
2.) John Glenn- First Man to Orbit the Earth.
3.) Ed White- First American to Walk In Space.
4.)Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders- First Men to Orbit the Moon
5.) Neil Armstrong- First Man to Walk on the Moon.
6.) John Young and Robert Crippen- First Men to Fly the Space Shuttle in Orbit
7.) Sally Ride- First American Woman in Space.
How would you like to go to their class reunions?
Til we meet again
Paul
2 comments:
It would be all like, so what have you done with your life? What me? well I've created (something awesome inserted here)! Oh yeah, well I've been to the moon, so suck it.
I saw the series as well. I enjoyed it very much. And no, I wouldn't want to attend their reunions at all. It would just make me feel dumb and unaccomplished. Can't really compete with that and wouldn't want to try.
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