Nothing timid about these rooster tails:
She confided she did not want John to go back into space again and ,later, John said it was his wife that had persuaded him not to return on any later shuttle missions - though you could kinda gather he would like to have made 'one more' flight !
What folk must remember is that these Apollo moon walkers are now in their late 70s or early 80s and have 'lived' with these requests for appearances,talks,autographs for many many years.
I think that's a great point that is so often overlooked by the fans. Young stayed involved in NASA until relatively recently, but a lot of these guys left it 40 years ago. They've lived a lot since then, but have been fielding requests for the same stories and information and autographs constantly ever since. At some point they've probably really gotten sick of it.
John Young is a bit timid,is not so?At least so seems reading Mike Mullane's Riding Rockets: (Pag.70 "As with is speech,he couldn't make eye contact.He lookeed at his shoes.He looked at paper on his desk.He looked out the window.He looked everywhere,but not into our eyes.I was embarassed for Young and his dancing eyes".
Quote from: carmelo on 02/14/2012 03:55 pmJohn Young is a bit timid,is not so?At least so seems reading Mike Mullane's Riding Rockets: (Pag.70 "As with is speech,he couldn't make eye contact.He lookeed at his shoes.He looked at paper on his desk.He looked out the window.He looked everywhere,but not into our eyes.I was embarassed for Young and his dancing eyes". I would say that timid is probably the wrong description for someone who flew to the moon twice and commanded the first flight of a new untried spacecraft.
Instead of "timid", perhaps "shy" is more appropriate.