RIP Jim Lovell
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James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.
Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday.
“Jim’s character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the Moon and turned a potential tragedy into a success from which we learned an enormous amount,” NASA said. “We mourn his passing even as we celebrate his achievements.”
Lake Forest is a posh suburb north of Chicago. Our friend Mike, the guy who used to do remodeling and painting work at our house, had an extended remodeling project at Lovells' many years ago. He said one day when he was working there, Marilyn Lovell asked him if he wanted to see and hold a moon rock. Totally awesome...
RIP Space Man.
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97! That’s a good run.
RIP, Jim.
