Eugene Cernan, last man to walk on the moon, dead at 82

FOX ^ | Jan 16,2017

[BulletBobCo]

Gene Cernan, an early NASA astronaut who was the last man to set foot on the moon, died Monday, NASA announced in a tweet. He was 82.

[reg45]

A greater hero than John Lewis.

[Doogle]

RIP

[EagleUSA]

The Apollo Program never should have stopped. Obama cost us many times more than the entire NASA program ever cost us.

I have already sent a letter to Trump asking for reinstatement of the NASA programs and exploration.

[PROCON]

Wow, thank you for your service to America, Sir!

[Buckeye McFrog]

The mid-70’s saw the peak of the “spend it on human needs here on Earth” movement.

Captain Cernan was a Navy Vet. RIP.

[xp38]

I remember him as a tv commentator on some of the other space missions. RIP

[CaptainMorgantown]

RIP and condolences to his family.

A good man and a fellow Purdue graduate.

[TomServo]

His book and the documentary (avail on NetFlix) are just fantastic...

RIP!!

[ConsCA]

RIP Sir.

[laplata]

RIP

[ConsCA]

“His book and the documentary (avail on NetFlix) are just fantastic...”

Thanks for the tip, I will look it up on NetFlix.

[Fiddlstix]

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Rest in Peace

[mass55th]

"A greater hero than John Lewis."

Send him to the moon, and the rest of those boycotting the Inauguration. One-way ticket only.

Thank you for your courage and service Mr. Cernan. May you rest in peace, and may your friends and family be comforted in their loss.

[dadfly]

good job Commander Cernan. thank you. indeed you and your pioneer comrades made America Great. have a good flight home.

[chrisinoc]

I met Cernan about 20 years ago. Seemed like a very nice person.

[Strac6]

Of all the Astronauts to ever appear on the NASA DC lobbying circuit, (no Bucks - No Buck Rogers) he was the most real.

One morning one of our very good looking young female associates was a bit late into the office. She had had a flat tire, and was standing there next to her car when Cernan walked by, stopped, and changed her tire for her.

[DoughtyOne]

The Moon?

Give them a bigger honor and let them be the first to land on the Sun.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[SamAdams76]

I remember watching the moon shots as a boy and wondering what planets and even solar systems we would explore by the 21st Century. Back in 1972, it was easy to believe that fifty years later, we'd all be living like the Jetsons. After all, the world of 1972 was utterly unrecognizable and far more modern than that of 50 years prior (1922).

But as you point out, liberals made us ashamed of our progress in space when there were still "hungry people" down here on Earth. How many times did we hear variations of "We can put a man on the moon but we can't feed the children of Africa".

Ironically, our foray into space in the 1960s and early 1970s introduced technologies that greatly improved our overall standard of living today. Imagine how much better our lifestyles would be if we had continued to explore and discover.

Thinking back on the Dark Ages when we had the New World - a land of riches - just a few thousand miles across the ocean but we were too timid to explore out of ignorance and superstition. In a way, we have been in a new "Dark Age" since the last moon landings.