RIP -- Gene Cernan, last man to walk on the moon

[steve58]

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.

Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972 – the last lunar mission and one of the final Apollo flights. When Cernan stepped out from lunar module "Challenger" he became the 11th person to walk on the moon. His lunar module pilot, Jack Schmitt, was the 12th. But as commander, Cernan was the last to re-enter the module, making him the last person to walk on the lunar surface.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/01/16/eugene-cernan-last-man-to-walk-on-moon-dead-at-82.html

[Gusington]

RIP

[OJsDad]

RIP

[JasonPratt]

The real-life Six Million Dollar Man right there.  8)

(In the show, Steve Austin was the last man to walk on the moon.)

[Sir Slash]

A great American and a great guy too. Somebody should name something important after him.

[Staggerwing]

A great American and a great guy too. Somebody should name something important after him.

Yeah, a permanently manned Moon Base maybe?

[Sir Slash]

What I was thinking. Gene would like that.

[BanzaiCat]

RIP

I can only hope NASA gets a well-deserved resurgence under the Trump administration, having suffered long enough under Obama's slash-and-burn tactics. :( Somehow though I doubt Trump will be doing anything special. Would be nice to see the Constellation program restarted.

[Sir Slash]

If somebody tells him there's free real estate up there, we'll be there in a year.