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    2017 RIP List

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38641121

    Gene Cernan made the last footprint on the moon.

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    Oi, coffin dodger, as someone who considers Methuselah to be a bit of a whipper-snapper, don't you think it's tempting fate to start this thread?...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coney View Post
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38641121

    Gene Cernan made the last footprint on the moon.
    By 'moon' you mean 'sound stage' of course .

    RIP

    It's a shame that people like him and Armstrong are dying out before we've even been back, if only so we could take the photos the right way round this time.

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    America.

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    Bush 41 is ill at the moment

    He and Carter are both 92, and with Bush's breathing problems and Carters brain tumours there are in a photo finish for which one dies first.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nozza! View Post
    Oi, coffin dodger, as someone who considers Methuselah to be a bit of a whipper-snapper, don't you think it's tempting fate to start this thread?...
    The Nozza!?? If so, nice to hear from you (while I still can).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    By 'moon' you mean 'sound stage' of course .

    RIP

    It's a shame that people like him and Armstrong are dying out before we've even been back, if only so we could take the photos the right way round this time.
    https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/...01-000009.html

    Note the caption on the top picture indicating the 'correct' orientation. (Mind you, they do then have it the wrong way round later on. :D )

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