Two astronauts whom I have met are—
Bill Anders: a pilot for Apollo 8 , which was the first manned lunar orbit mission (I met him when I went to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for astrophysics for a conference).
Jay Buckey: he flew on STS-90 in 1998 and briefly delved into politics in 2008 when he ran for a New Hampshire Senate seat (I met him when I participated in the Astronomy Bowl 2009 at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center).
It is fascinating to realize that these men have been into space, especially considering that some people think that our missions to the moon were a hoax.
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