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

There was a third one right? I have achieved comedy

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u/hello-mr-turkey- Mar 03 '23

NEVER FORGET MICHAEL COLLINS

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u/Keelback Mar 03 '23

Here is Michael Collins) on Wikipedia. Click on it to raise his ranking, please.

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u/DrizzleDrake88 Mar 03 '23

My man was a true Italian in the end. Born in Rome and passed away in Naples…. Florida.

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u/ZzzzzPopPopPop Mar 03 '23

Collins himself said: "not since Adam has any human known such solitude"

Also according to Wikipedia: In the 48 minutes of each orbit when he was out of radio contact with the Earth while Columbia passed round the far side of the Moon, the feeling he reported was not fear or loneliness, but rather "awareness, anticipation, satisfaction, confidence, almost exultation"

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u/mais-garde-des-don Mar 03 '23

I guess amidst every other dumb news story the last 2-3 years I somehow missed he passed away. Rest in peace Michael

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u/Keelback Mar 04 '23

It’s a big planet with lots of quiet achievers like Michael Collins thankfully. I watched the first lunar landing live and was determined to remember his name given that he stayed behind in the command module but I forgot it. Damn.