Micheal collins is dead

Grandson of a dunmanway immigramt to america,

3rd man on the moon mission with armstrong and buzz aldrin (didnt make it to the surface)

Died today aged 90

RIP

Link:
https://news.sky.com/story/apollo-11-astronaut-michael-collins-dies-aged-90-his-family-says-12289631

Sharpyshoot

What time is the rosary tomorrow?

odyssey06

We cant blame this one on Dev?

* but seriously. RIP.

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLLDQhA1Z7c

Ubbquittious

odyssey06 wrote: »

We cant blame this one on Dev?

* but seriously. RIP.

Doesn't Dev provide you with a fine dumping ground for your online sh1tetalk? Don't be so ungrateful

odyssey06

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Doesn't Dev provide you with a fine dumping ground for your online sh1tetalk? Don't be so ungrateful

Collins brought these words from Dev to the moon... as gaeilge

The text is written in Irish and translates as: "May God grant that the skill and courage which have enabled man to alight on the moon will enable him, also, to secure peace and happiness upon the earth and avoid the danger of self-destruction".

https://www.newstalk.com/news/read-irish-language-message-left-moon-apollo-11-883525

AMKC

He flew on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. He piloted the command module so he never walked on the moon.
He was 90.

RIP Micheal Collins

SEPT 23 1989

He was meant to be first but the head was hopping off him from the night before

RIP Mick

CrabRevolution

A great character.
RIP.

You'll often see it said "He must regret never walking on the moon" or " How sick would you be to get so close to the moon and never land" but following the crew rotation policy at the time, as Command Module Pilot he would have been in line to command Apollo 17 and walk on the moon in that mission.

Instead Collins turned the assignment down, and Gene Cernan became the only Lunar Module pilot (as opposed to CM pilot) to be commander on his 2nd mission to the moon.

branie2

RIP, a legend

Junkyard Tom

There was a punch-up in the lunar orbiter to decide who got to parachute down to the moon and he lost.

RIP.

StupidLikeAFox

Ah jaysus, I didn't even know he was sick

furiousox

And then there was one....
Fair play Mick.

shtpEdthePlum

Wasn't there an astronaut who was on the moon who claims that the moon landing was fake (possibly as a consequence of a neurodegenerative condition)? I can't find anything about it but I remember reading it years ago. It wasn't Collins?

furiousox

shtpEdthePlum wrote: »

Wasn't there an astronaut who was on the moon who claims that the moon landing was fake (possibly as a consequence of a neurodegenerative condition)? I can't find anything about it but I remember reading it years ago. It wasn't Collins?

Not quite

Montage of Feck

"Bang, Zoom, Straight to the Moon!"

Yurt2

furiousox wrote: »

Not quite

Buzz Aldrin is a fascinating character. He apparently fell into a deep depression after the moon landing and became an alcoholic. Amazing that one can go from man's greatest achievement to the depths of despair. He was even working as a used car salesman for a while to make ends meet. Imagine trying to haggle over the price of a Datsun with the second man on the moon.

Shred

furiousox wrote: »

Not quite

I'll never tire of this "have that you conspiracy theory believing moron"

Oh and R.I.P.!

Riddle101

Lived a full life, died at 90, what more could you ask for. Rest in Peace Micheal Collins.