Re: [meteorite-list] Edgar Mitchell, Moonwalker dies at 85

Sadly, the club of surviving Moonwalkers is getting shorter and shorter. :( But, while we can mourn them, they have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and now dance the heavens on laughter-silvered wings. :) On 2/6/16, Tim Heitz via Meteorite-list wrote: >

Re: [meteorite-list] Edgar Mitchell, Moonwalker dies at 85

On 2/6/2016 12:37 PM, Tim Heitz wrote: I met him with a friend of mine's son, his son gave Edger a piece of the Moon that I had. I had the chance to ask Edger the big question, do you have any of the Moon at home? Is it the stuff your brought back from the Moon? but I can't remember any of

[meteorite-list] Edgar Mitchell, Moonwalker dies at 85

It is interesting that sixth man to walk on the Moon passes away and there is barely any fanfare. I guess people have more pressing concerns these days when an American hero passes away and is treated like a mere footnote in history. Back to the show, Adam

Re: [meteorite-list] Edgar Mitchell, Moonwalker dies at 85

Yes it's a sad thing. Kids today don't realize how much of a feet it was to do what those guys did. And that over 400,000 people were involved with making it happen. Those guys had balls of steel. I was glued to the TV every time a rocket went up starting with the Gemini missions as a

Re: [meteorite-list] Edgar Mitchell, Moonwalker dies at 85

I met him with a friend of mine's son, his son gave Edger a piece of the Moon that I had. I had the chance to ask Edger the big question, do you have any of the Moon at home? Is it the stuff your brought back from the Moon? but I can't remember any of the answers, R.I.P. Tim Heitz On