Comments on: RIP Eugene Cernan https://habitablezone.com/2017/01/16/rip-eugene-cernan/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hank https://habitablezone.com/2017/01/16/rip-eugene-cernan/#comment-38006 hank Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:12:05 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=61233#comment-38006 The USSR scooped us on that honor. The USSR scooped us on that honor.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2017/01/16/rip-eugene-cernan/#comment-38002 RobVG Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:51:58 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=61233#comment-38002 Cernan and news anchor Lynn Sherr were covering the launch. Sherr kept gushing incessantly about the first woman in space, Sally Ride. Cernan looked her squarly in the face and said "there are four other astronauts on that crew". His words had no effect. But he certainly had the right stuff. Cernan and news anchor Lynn Sherr were covering the launch. Sherr kept gushing incessantly about the first woman in space, Sally Ride. Cernan looked her squarly in the face and said “there are four other astronauts on that crew”. His words had no effect.

But he certainly had the right stuff.

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