Monday, April 21, 2008

Michigan's Astronaut, Jack Lousma

I took Thomas to the AirZoo in Kalamazoo on Saturday. One of our regular haunts, we were pleasantly surprised to discover that Astronaut Jack Lousma would be speaking at the Airzoo. Mr. Lousma spoke for almost an hour on his experience as an Astronaut and how it affect him spiritually. It was the second time Thomas and I had heard Mr. Lousma speak, the first time being a year ago at Kennedy Space Center. Mr. Lousma, as always, was gracious and allowed audience members to have pictures taken and sign autographs. Mr. Lousma's experience is vast and not only as one of Apollo astronauts (later assigned to the 3rd Skylab mission) but also was the commander of the third space shuttle mission. When Apollo 13's commander, Jim Lovell, said, "Houston, we have a problem", it was Jacl Lousma who was Houston, aka CapCom, the solitary voice that the astronauts communicated to NASA through.

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