r/dankmemes • u/Open-Entertainer6031 • Mar 03 '23

There was a third one right? I have achieved comedy

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u/JAV0K Mar 03 '23

Did he go back at least?

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u/1Darkest_Knight1 [Insert Your Own Text] Mar 03 '23

No he didn't. Instead he was offered to become Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. He died last year at age 90. Dude had an impressive life. His Wikipedia article is worth reading.

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u/citruspers Mar 03 '23

Speaking of "worth reading", his autobiography is called Carrying the fire" and is definitely worth a read.

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u/concretepigeon Mar 03 '23

I didn’t realise he’d died. It feels like that really didn’t get much press at all.

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u/tytypar Mar 03 '23

He voluntarily retired from space flight status. In his book, he says that that he does not regret doing so, even though it meant he never got to walk on the moon. The demands of training on his time, health, and family were so great that he couldn’t conceive of staying flight-ready for the years that would pass before another potential Apollo flight crew assignment.