It must have been an amazing ride for Collins. He orbited the moon thirty times, alone, while awaiting the return of Armstrong/Aldrin.
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Yet another hero of my youth, gone. RIP, Colonel.
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NB his memoir, “Carrying the Fire,” is well worth a read if you’re interested in the history of the Apollo program. (and it pains me to us the phrase “History of the Apollo program” because of course when I was a kid, it was the future happening today.)
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I don’t know. The folks on the night and far sides may have felt like every poor slob who got blocked out by someone else in a group photo.
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To say nothing of how ever many people were born after the pic was snapped.
(And died before, but trying not to be grim and also, ship of Theseus stuff.)
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Yep. Left out. Even they feel stiffed.
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