R.I.P.: Moonwalker Edgar Mitchell passes away
Edgar Mitchell, 85, one of only twelve humans to ever walk on another planet, passed away today after a short illness.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Edgar Mitchell, 85, one of only twelve humans to ever walk on another planet, passed away today after a short illness.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
And so another era passes. It seems likely that all of the original lunar explorers will have passed before another person puts boots on the lunar ground.
BTW, there are in fact 13 people who have done a moon walk.
I am baffled. Six missions, two astronauts each, adds up to 12. Where do you get #13 (unless you are jokingly referring to Michael Jackson as #13 and he definitely doesn’t count).
Amazing men, and historic era in US history and world history. I took my kids to meet Alan Bean at his home in Houston two years ago. We purchased one of his astounding paintings. My kids still talk about him, his contributions and his personal advice to them. I’m very hopeful, with the right leadership, this country will astound the world again…and soon.
Five of the 12 Apollo Moon walkers are now gone. Ed Mitchell’s death also marks Apollo 14 as the first Apollo mission to have no surviving crew, Alan Shepard and Stu Roosa having died previously. Not a pleasant milestone to have to note.