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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 2622736, member: 28299&quot;]Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, died today.&nbsp; Cernan was born in 1934.&nbsp; He flew on three space flights.&nbsp; His first flight was Gemini 9 in 1966, where he became the second American (and third in history) to walk in space.&nbsp; His second flight was Apollo 10 where he was the Lunar Module (LM) pilot.&nbsp; Apollo 10 was the dress rehearsal for Apollo 11, and flew within 9 miles of the Moon&#039;s surface in May 1969.&nbsp; Cernan was the Commander of Apollo 17, which flew in December 1972, and became the last human to walk on the Moon&#039;s surface.&nbsp; His final words on the surface were, &quot;We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had the good fortune to talk with him multiple times in both formal and informal circumstances, and he was always a sociable guy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post a coin from 1934, 1966, 1969 or 1972 in Memory of Cernan.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was imaged by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]575719[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]575720[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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