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- From: roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle)
- Subject: Re: Lunar "colony" reality check and Apollo fire
- Message-ID: <roelle.721587528@uars_mag>
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- Organization: Johns Hopkins University
- References: <11NOV199208300719@vx.cis.umn.edu> <1992Nov11.163643.20662@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <11NOV199215071378@vx.cis.umn.edu> <1992Nov11.225129.28676@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <12NOV199209433492@vx.cis.umn.edu>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 16:58:48 GMT
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- soc1070@vx.cix.umn.edu (Tim Harincar) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov11.225129.28676@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>, mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas) writes...
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- >>I have not heard of that book. Who was the author?
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- >_Carrying The Fire_ was written by Michael Collens (CM pilot on Apollo 11).
- ^^^^^^^
- >Its sort of a autobiography of his life as a test pilot then astronaut.
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- Spelled "Collins". He was also the first Director of the Smithsonian
- Air and Space Museum when it opened circa 1980. To best of my knowledge
- he is still working for LTV Corporation in the Washington, D.C. area.
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- Curt Roelle
- roelle@sigi.jhuapl.edu
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