Navi, Dnoces, and Regor..... - Democratic Underground

catnhatnh

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Sat Jan-27-07 06:21 PM
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Navi, Dnoces, and Regor.....

Edited on Sat Jan-27-07 06:26 PM by catnhatnh

3 names of navigational stars picked by the ill-fated crew burned to death 40 years ago today...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_named_after_people
Had they lived, one or more may have been the first men on the moon...the appellations were insider jokes-they needed to pick particular stars to help aim the Apollo craft-they were a backward reference to the crew's names-Navi, to Ivan "Gus" Grissom, Regor, to to Roger Chaffee, and the serendipitous Dnoces to Edward White the "Second"...May their gentle souls rest with other explorers who have gone before us...

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catnhatnh

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Sat Jan-27-07 06:53 PM
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1. As much as I hate to respond to my own thread...

...who else remembers the Life photos???

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PDittie

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Sat Jan-27-07 08:01 PM
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2. Me

Great post. Thanks.

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