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Offline deSelys

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RIP Gene Cernan, the last man who walked the Moon.
« on: January 17, 2017, 03:24:29 AM »
I was just watching on Netflix the documentary 'The Last Man on the Moon' the day before he passed away   :(

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Re: RIP Gene Cernan, the last man who walked the Moon.
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2017, 03:28:52 AM »
I was just watching on Netflix the documentary 'The Last Man on the Moon' the day before he passed away   :(

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I saw that recently, too. 

Darn. 

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Re: RIP Gene Cernan, the last man who walked the Moon.
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2017, 07:21:19 AM »
Pic taken after his 3rd and final EVA on the Moon surface during Apollo 17:

(edit: pic is darn too big - here is the link: https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo17/hires/as17-145-22224.jpg)
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Re: RIP Gene Cernan, the last man who walked the Moon.
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2017, 11:29:59 AM »
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Re: RIP Gene Cernan, the last man who walked the Moon.
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2017, 12:04:46 PM »
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Re: RIP Gene Cernan, the last man who walked the Moon.
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2017, 01:04:33 PM »
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Re: RIP Gene Cernan, the last man who walked the Moon.
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2017, 01:22:05 PM »
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Re: RIP Gene Cernan, the last man who walked the Moon.
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2017, 12:22:26 PM »
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