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Originally Posted by RocketDawg
Not only is he still alive, he flew to the edge of space on the Blue Origin "New Shepherd" vehicle a few months ago. The name is derived from its similarity to the Alan Shepherd sub-orbital flight (the first American officially to space) back in the early 1960s.
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Yes, that was big news, shown over and over on TV for a couple of days. How can people have thought he was not still alive?
ETA: Then again, I am in Canada. There might have been more coverage since he is one of their own.
I also loved "In Search Of".
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