Space And Stuff, IDK

Jun 08 Reblogged

lightthiscandle: So I’m looking at the space history stuff in the Goldberg auction, even though I A) don’t really collect things and B) have no money. Which are slight handicaps. But anyway, they have a bunch of astronaut-inscribed autographs to Deke Slayton. Apparently, the astronauts would autograph photos of themselves and give them to their boss, often with short messages included. I felt like a creeper for reading some of these, because they’re personal notes and I feel like I’m reading their private correspondence, or something. What I’m trying to say is, be a fellow creeper and read these with me so I won’t feel as bad. Here are some of my favorite messages: From Frank Borman: “To The Boss - always check the gun bay doors.” Wally Schirra: “To Deke: A true friend, a trusted pilot, a Mercury 7 forever.” Alan Shepard: “To Deke - a way of life!” (What?) Mike Collins: “To Deke - who runs the world’s greatest program.” Walt Cunningham: “Hey Deke - To the Moon or bust.” Pete Conrad: “To Father: Good Hunting.” (I have no idea what this refers to, yet it made me laugh really hard.) John Young: “To Deke: how about another flight?” But my favorites are the two from Alan Bean. The first: “To Deke: I started to buy you an expensive present but knew you would like this much better. Best regards”, and: “To Deke: Man with a Golden Heart.” Alan Bean is legit just the sweetest human being on the face of the planet I can’t even.

lightthiscandle:

So I’m looking at the space history stuff in the Goldberg auction, even though I A) don’t really collect things and B) have no money. Which are slight handicaps.

But anyway, they have a bunch of astronaut-inscribed autographs to Deke Slayton. Apparently, the astronauts would autograph photos of themselves and give them to their boss, often with short messages included. I felt like a creeper for reading some of these, because they’re personal notes and I feel like I’m reading their private correspondence, or something. What I’m trying to say is, be a fellow creeper and read these with me so I won’t feel as bad.

Here are some of my favorite messages:

From Frank Borman: “To The Boss - always check the gun bay doors.”

Wally Schirra: “To Deke: A true friend, a trusted pilot, a Mercury 7 forever.”

Alan Shepard: “To Deke - a way of life!” (What?)

Mike Collins: “To Deke - who runs the world’s greatest program.”

Walt Cunningham: “Hey Deke - To the Moon or bust.”

Pete Conrad: “To Father: Good Hunting.” (I have no idea what this refers to, yet it made me laugh really hard.)

John Young: “To Deke: how about another flight?”

But my favorites are the two from Alan Bean.

The first: “To Deke: I started to buy you an expensive present but knew you would like this much better. Best regards”, and:

“To Deke: Man with a Golden Heart.”

Alan Bean is legit just the sweetest human being on the face of the planet I can’t even.

Notes

  1. winking-at-deke-slayton reblogged this from asonlynasacan and added:
    ahhh can’t take it. they all loved deke. I GET IT BOYS
  2. asonlynasacan reblogged this from lightthiscandle and added:
    Al Bean has my heart
  3. brakefoot reblogged this from spaceandstuffidk
  4. spaceandstuffidk reblogged this from lightthiscandle and added:
    Alan Bean is legit just the sweetest human being on the face of the planet I can’t even.
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