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5 Famous Space Missions That Almost Ended In Disaster - Cracked.com

asonlynasacan:

Let’s remember:

-How Gordon Cooper was a BAMF and how a lot of people survived certain death…in space!

To  be fair to Neil, he was used to almost dying. Before Gemini it was the X-15 after Gemini it was the LLRV. Near death doesn’t phase Neil. No bigs.

  1. anchorageofyesterday reblogged this from nasalove and added:
    for some reason I honestly felt this: “At that point, Neil Armstrong decided he’d had enough of space’s shit” was the...
  2. nasalove reblogged this from lightthiscandle and added:
    seeing neil’s face on cracked’s home page was a lovely surprise today.
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    Two things I love: Cracked.com,
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    Neil had massive balls to be even flying the X-15. I read its operating manual (really) and it seemed incredibly...
  6. scifitwin reblogged this from asonlynasacan and added:
    To be fair to Neil, he...used to almost dying. Before Gemini it was the X-15 after Gemini...
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Thursday, 23rd February
#near misses