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re: Apollo astronaut Ken Mattingly has passed away at the age of 87
Posted on 11/3/23 at 10:43 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 11/3/23 at 10:43 am to GetCocky11
Crazy how we don't seem to be aging as much as we used to.
It has to be the massive decrease in smoking.
--and yet he lived to 87
It has to be the massive decrease in smoking.
--and yet he lived to 87
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Posted on 11/3/23 at 11:26 am to RollTide1987
Baw showed up to my grandpa's funeral 24.5 years ago, as did the other 2 from his little trip. Really nice guy, gave my brother and I some really great stories. Wish I could return the favor, but I doubt his grandkids want to hear about the tales of Moar.
Posted on 11/3/23 at 11:29 am to MoarKilometers
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some really great stories. Wish I could return the favor, but I doubt his grandkids want to hear about the tales of Moar.
I’ve flown with a lot of guys from his era, still very involved with ex Vietnam POW groups, those guys are my heroes and their stories never get old, not many of their kids and grandkids don't seem to give much of a shite
This post was edited on 11/3/23 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 11/3/23 at 11:43 am to RollTide1987
War Eagle Mr. Mattingly. Thank you for your service and all the great memories I have of the moon landings. You were a true American hero. May you RIP.
*Thanks to the OP for posting this.
*Thanks to the OP for posting this.
This post was edited on 11/3/23 at 11:45 am
Posted on 11/3/23 at 1:34 pm to LCA131
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There are just many more men that are lacking in testosterone these days. Closer to females hormonally.
You bald?
Bald guys always claim it's because they just have more testosterone
Posted on 11/3/23 at 1:45 pm to RollTide1987
RIP to a great Auburn man
Posted on 11/3/23 at 1:54 pm to RollTide1987
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Mattingly also commanded two space shuttle missions (STS-4 and STS-51-C) before retiring from the astronaut corps in 1985.
His career spanned multiple generations of space flight, and he was instrumental in the transition from one to another.
Posted on 11/3/23 at 1:55 pm to RollTide1987
One of the true heroes of the Apollo 13 “successful failure”.
Godspeed and RIP, astronaut.
Godspeed and RIP, astronaut.
Posted on 11/3/23 at 2:21 pm to RollTide1987
I think he was the mike man for Auburn cheerleaders in 1957
Posted on 11/3/23 at 2:35 pm to GetCocky11
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He's 35 in this photo
WW2 and Vietnam service tended to age you.
This post was edited on 11/3/23 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 11/3/23 at 2:38 pm to genuineLSUtiger
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WW2 service tended to age you.
true, but he wasn't a WWII vet
Posted on 11/3/23 at 2:38 pm to 777Tiger
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Posted on 11/3/23 at 5:59 pm to RollTide1987
R.I.P. Ken - so sad to hear - I knew him well - was a good personal friend and outstanding astronaut, one of the very best.
He will be missed.
He will be missed.
Posted on 11/3/23 at 6:31 pm to RollTide1987
I thought this dude played for the Yankees
Posted on 11/3/23 at 6:33 pm to Godfather1
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One of the true heroes of the Apollo 13 “successful failure”.
Absolutely - he was originally the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 13, but was exposed to the measles just before launch and had to be replaced by Jack Swigart.
As soon as the accident occurred Ken went into the Command Module Mission Simulator and said to not provide him with anything except what was onboard - and did not come out until the CM entered the Earth atmosphere. He worked in parallel with Mission Controllers to design the procedures that Swigert would have to perform to re-power the CM after before jettisoning the LM after getting back to earth.
That procedure had never been anticipated. The re-power-up sequence had to be designed from scratch and the available power margin was razor thin - only power for one try - no mess up permitted.
The success of this mission in saving those guys has to stand as the most complicated large scale, real-time-constrained, process with lethal consequence for any failure ever attempted, certainly in my lifetime. And I am not aware of any other to compete with it at any time.
Thousands of people, working with unknown parameters (nobody knew the full extent of the damage to the Command module) developing work-around procedures for a completely unanticipated task, with no time to test or try anything out. It was an amazing time. I was not involved with any of the real-time work - my work area vanished when the lunar landing was scrubbed. But I felt proud to just have been in the presence of these great men - my duck hunting buddy was one of the Lunar Module experts in Mission Control)
Ken Mattingly was one of the 3 or 4 essential stars of that achievement.
Posted on 11/3/23 at 6:39 pm to RollTide1987
quote:From all the preservatives that's in our food.
Crazy how we don't seem to be aging as much as we used to.
RIP rocket man.
Posted on 11/3/23 at 7:25 pm to RollTide1987
RIP to a legend. 
Posted on 11/3/23 at 7:29 pm to ChineseBandit58
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knew him well
That's awesome. He's a legend. Wish I had gotten to meet hin
Posted on 11/5/23 at 1:04 pm to RollTide1987
There was NOTHING more daring than riding a Saturn V rocket.
Posted on 11/5/23 at 1:19 pm to Tasty Thrill
I wonder how close he ever got to the Firmament.
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