RIP Michael Collins

[zyxt9]

The overlooked member of Apollo XI...yet so critical to mission success.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/28/us/nasa-astronaut-michael-collins-obit-scn/index.html

 

[biggunsbob]

Yup. For sure he was very important piece of the Apollo crew.

 

[tinselwolverine]

He?s the guy who made the decision to return to Earth and reshoot the landing on a Hollywood soundstage.

Nevertheless, he lived a good long life.

Baruch Dayan Emet.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tpupU_ok41I

 

[zyxt9]

I was not previously aware that he was placed into the position to oversee building the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, which is one of the best museums I have ever experienced. I would consider its style a bit outdated now, but still very impressive.

Newer museums, like the Marine Corps exhibit in Quantico and the Holocaust Museum in Richmond, VA (of all places!), where they have created more of a Life Size Diaroma experience (for example, landing on WWII beaches or crawling into an underground hideout to avoid Nazi detection) leave a greater imprinted memory, but seeing some of history's most important aircraft hanging from the ceiling is enjoyable. Been decades since I have been though, perhaps it has been reworked since my last visit.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Rest in peace.