Captain John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is an American former astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer, who became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.
Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, becoming the first person to make six space flights over the course of 42 years of active NASA service,[1] and is the only person to have piloted, and been commander of, four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command/Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle.
In 1965, Young flew on the first manned Gemini mission, and commanded another Gemini mission the next year. In 1969, he became the first person to orbit the Moon alone during Apollo 10. He drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon's surface during Apollo 16, and is one of only three people to have flown to the Moon twice. He also commanded two Space Shuttle flights, including its first launch in 1981, and served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1974–1987. Young retired from NASA in 2004.
A little game I sometimes play with others is trying to cast hypothetical remakes of classic movies. The Dirty Dozen is a fun one, but there's one difficulty. There are no actors today like Lee Marvin.
My favorite B-ball player of all time. He was a cool player too, never out of control.
I read his linked book as a kid. He teaches you how to catch a fly in the book. I got so good at it, I started to catch them in mid-air back in the day. Walt Frazier - ( New Window )
that in the book I linked he says that his favorite pants are two pairs of maroon corduroy pants. I asked my mom for two pairs of maroon corduroy pants. She eventually got them for me but I am sure never knew why I made that request.
You know it
Shit, I forgot about him
Locally, me.... Globally McQueen, Sean Connery
Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, becoming the first person to make six space flights over the course of 42 years of active NASA service,[1] and is the only person to have piloted, and been commander of, four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command/Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle.
In 1965, Young flew on the first manned Gemini mission, and commanded another Gemini mission the next year. In 1969, he became the first person to orbit the Moon alone during Apollo 10. He drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon's surface during Apollo 16, and is one of only three people to have flown to the Moon twice. He also commanded two Space Shuttle flights, including its first launch in 1981, and served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1974–1987. Young retired from NASA in 2004.
Kristaps Porzingas.
Kid just keeps stepping in gold.
What about Bill O'Reilly? lol
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Jack Black
Matt Damon.
Gary Cooper
William Holden
Peter Arness
Chuck Connors
Jack Nicholson
ps. I'm probably in the minority, but i think Mark Wahlberg tries too hard to be cool and thus doesnt make my cut.
I'll second Jeter - he was the first name that came to mind.
I'd say Harrison Ford, but he's only cool on screen. Off screen he's kind of a whack-a-do.
Neil Armstrong
Jack Kennedy
Chuck Yeager
Audi Murphy
those who act/personify Cool-
Dean Martin
Frank Sinatra
Steve McQueen
Jack Kennedy
Clint Eastwood
Daniel Craig
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Adam Yauch
I read his linked book as a kid. He teaches you how to catch a fly in the book. I got so good at it, I started to catch them in mid-air back in the day.
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