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EUGENE M. SHOEMAKER (1928-1997)
One of the earliest to realize lunar craters were asteroidal impacts. Prevented by Addison's disease from becoming an astronaut himself, he became a leading USGS expert on asteroid craters on the moon, on earth, and at nuclear test sites. He and his wife were accidentally killed in Australia going to examine asteroid craters as they had been doing for years. His ashes were sent to the moon, so he got there after all.

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Dr. Gene Shoemaker died Friday, July 18 (Australian Time) in Alice Springs, Australia in a car accident. He was in the field, pursuing his lifelong passion of geologic studies to help understand impact craters with his wife and science partner, Carolyn Shoemaker. Carolyn survived the accident sustaining various injuries.

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