John Youngs birthday

[ryan]

Hey guys, pointless thread. Today as in the 24th of September Astronaut John Young turns 78. Youngs gotta be the most expireineced astronaut ever he flew Gemini, Apollo Command Module, Apollo Lunar Module, the lunar rover, and the Space Shuttle.

 

[tblaxland]

he flew ... the lunar rover

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[Spicer]

HBD, star sailor!

Is it true that John Young smuggled a corned beef on rye into one of his the Gemini flights?

 

[Linguofreak]

Somebody did, I forget if it was Young.

 

[John_L]

Hey guys, pointless thread. Today as in the 24th of September Astronaut John Young turns 78. Youngs gotta be the most expireineced astronaut ever he flew Gemini, Apollo Command Module, Apollo Lunar Module, the lunar rover, and the Space Shuttle.

Not to mention one of the funniest people I've ever seen.

 

[Missioncmdr]

It is still the 23rd here! Young is one of the more experience astronauts.

EDIT: I forgot we had this simley. :happybday:

 

[Quick_Nick]

HBD, star sailor!

Is it true that John Young smuggled a corned beef on rye into one of his the Gemini flights?

Actually it was Grissom who did that, but Young was also on that spacecraft.

Happy B-Day Young!
We really should celebrate what these guys have done as much as possible. Sooner or later, all of the 'space pioneers' will be gone.


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He's just THAT good! :lol:

 

[tblaxland]

Actually it was Grissom who did that, but Young was also on that spacecraft.

It was Young according to NASA. See transcript from the mission here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_3#Flight

 

[SiberianTiger]

He's one of the most recognizable astronauts. Wishing him all good at his birthday! :happybday:

 

[Andy44]

Young is one of the coolest pilots ever. Crippen said that during the final seconds of the STS-1 countdown, his heart rate shot sky high, but Young's heart rate was like a guy playing golf. Think about that. He's about to be the first pilot of a super-complex rocketship that has never even been test-flown, the only way to abort is an ejection seat ride to hell (actually through the SRB plume, which is basically hell), and he is so calm he could be sitting on a park bench.

This guy's the real deal. The one you want in the cockpit when stuff goes wrong. Happy B-day John.

 

[tblaxland]

but Young's heart rate was like a guy playing golf.

Hopefully not like my heart rate when I'm playing golf! Especially on the water holes with a new expensive ball :lol:

 

[MajorTom]

Young is one of the coolest pilots ever. Crippen said that during the final seconds of the STS-1 countdown, his heart rate shot sky high, but Young's heart rate was like a guy playing golf. Think about that. He's about to be the first pilot of a super-complex rocketship that has never even been test-flown, the only way to abort is an ejection seat ride to hell (actually through the SRB plume, which is basically hell), and he is so calm he could be sitting on a park bench.

This guy's the real deal. The one you want in the cockpit when stuff goes wrong. Happy B-day John.

Yes...similar story in Apollo 16. During launch, the other guys' heart rates went way up, but John's stayed at only ~70 bpm. When this was later revealed to the crew of Apollo 16, his comment was something self-effacing, like

"I'm so old my heart doesn't go any faster."

Cool as they come. Happy Birthday John.

 

[tblaxland]

This guy's the real deal. The one you want in the cockpit when stuff goes wrong.

Yet not totally infallible. From http://members.tip.net.au/~jsaxon/space/book/After11.htm:

[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]In an attempt to overcome the potassium loss suffered by the Apollo 15 astronauts, Young and Duke were encouraged to take as much orange juice as they could, until Young finally confided with Duke with one of Apollo's classic passages: "I got the farts again. I got 'em again, Charlie. I don't know what the hell gives 'em to me. Certainly not....I think it's acid in the stomach. I really do." [/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Duke: "It probably is." [/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Young: "I mean, I haven't eaten this much citrus fruit in twenty years. And I'll tell you one thing, in another twelve ......days, I ain't never eating any more. And if they offer to serve me potassium with my breakfast, I'm going to throw up. I like an occasional orange, I really do. But I'll be damned if I'm going to be buried in oranges........" [/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Capcom: "Orion, Houston." [/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Young: "Yes, sir." [/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Capcom: "Okay, John. You're...where.... you have a hot mike." [/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Young: "H..How long....how long have we had that?"[/FONT]

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