Two brief RIPs this week.
On the first I'll be especially brief because I'm sure you know about it already: Former astronaut, aquanaut, and techno-thriller author Scott Carpenter died on October 10 at the age of 88 after suffering a recent stroke.Carpenter was the fourth American to fly in space and the second to orbit the Earth, taking off on May 24, 1962.
He swung both ways, if you will: Besides flying in space, an experience he described as "transcending" and one he wished everyone could have, he also spent a record 30 days on the ocean floor aboard the Navy's SEALAB II, an experimental habitat located off the coast of California.
RIP, Scott Carpenter.
Sources:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/10/scott-carpenter-dead-age-88_n_4080474.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEALAB_%28United_States_Navy%29
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