Timing when you die and the Will to Live for a Special Moment

Posted on July 23, 2019 by markinaustin
Last night in my Monday night group Dave Heath, who is 80, reported on his weekend in Houston for NASA’s 50th fete for Apollo 11.  Dave was a control room guy back then; a re-entry engineering specialist.  One of his remarks was about how Chris Kraft, at 95, was eagerly greeting everyone and having a great time.  Only about a third of that control room crew live, but there was Chris, their leader, hearty if not hale.
Chris died Monday.  News broke this morning.
Spell ck H/T to JNC!

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5 Responses

  1. markinaustin, on July 23, 2019 at 7:59 am said:

    Posted a little open thread related to Apollo 11’s 50th.

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  2. jnc4p, on July 23, 2019 at 10:07 am said:

    That sucks, but he did make it to the 50th.

    Also, Google has his last name spelled as Kraft.

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  3. markinaustin, on July 23, 2019 at 10:34 am said:

    H/T on spelling to JNC!

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  4. jnc4p, on July 23, 2019 at 11:05 am said:

    Interesting to note at the time:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_15

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