[Closed] ...and then there was one : US Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter dies

Harry_the_Spider

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24485864#TWEET918411

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Posted : 11/10/2013 7:07 am

Markie

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🙁

Posted : 11/10/2013 7:16 am

CharlieMungus

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pffffft! Helmets!

Posted : 11/10/2013 7:21 am

epicyclo

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I'm surprised those spacesuits didn't have huge codpieces. Those guys had balls the size of a small planet.

RIP

Posted : 11/10/2013 8:35 am

Harry_the_Spider

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Yeah. I think it is about time that I re-read The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe.

If anybody wants a book about heroism this it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Right_Stuff_(book)

Posted : 11/10/2013 8:53 am

jamj1974

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One form of true heroism for sure. Amazing achievements.

Posted : 11/10/2013 8:57 am