Apollo 13th 50th Anniversary deposits?

pseikotick

This? Smaller than the actual SM, of course.

I might add, I stopped by the little diner owned and operated by Lovell's son, Jay (the young man who was at military school during the mission) and a had a nice meal and conversation with him not long ago. He had a fancier restaurant for years that his dad may have had a financial interest in, but now has a much smaller operation. And all spitting distance from Cpt Lovell's home. Nice guy. I think there's a special NASA tax added to the burgers there, as it was a rather pricey cheeseburger and fries.

64Wing

I would love to try the place. Capt. Lovell did mention this to me during our spontaneous plan-b dinner. His original dinner plans had fallen through due to a scheduling change so I just said, "Jim, there's been a mixup with the time slot for dinner and it now conflicts with your other engagement this evening. So I took the liberty of having the staff here arrange a table for us and it would be my privilege to treat you to dinner." He graciously accepted and we dined for about 1.5 hours. He gave me the ultimate inside scoop on the mission, NASA in general. We spoke of his time at the Naval academy and about his family, their activities and interests. Eventually it just boiled down to pilot talk.

It was something I'll never forget. What a remarkable man exuding that illusive "right stuff." His intelligence, approachability, and jest are of a caliber I could only hope to emulate.

PS: he enjoys the occasional Sam Adams Boston Lager, and so do I, but I stuck to a Pepsi as I was his driver

MTROIS

So he just walked in randomly to autograph his book... or did you have a prior exchange with him?? That is both an amazing and surprising interaction with Cpt. Lovell.
Thank you for sharing.

flw

While I didn't have the opportunity to share a meal with him, I also had the great fortune to meet Captain Lovell once, and chatted with him about his experiences.

I was between teaching jobs one summer over twenty years ago, and I took a part time position at a (now sadly missed) Borders bookshop in south Texas, as my family and I prepared to move to Michigan. One Saturday morning I showed up to open the store and get ready for the weekend rush - the manager was in the back stockroom and I was getting the registers up and running. The door opened and a man walked in, strode up to the counter and asked me: "Good morning. I wonder if you happen to have a copy of a book called Lost Moon?"

I looked at him, thinking that he seemed familiar, but I couldn't place him. I replied, "It's funny you should mention that book. It's not on the shelf, but a copy just arrived yesterday - I remember seeing it in the stockroom. Would you like to buy it?"

He smiled and said, "No, but if you like, I'll autograph it for you." He extended his hand and said, "I'm Jim Lovell. Nice to meet you."

Needless to say, I got the book for him. We chatted over coffee for nearly an hour - an amazing encounter with a true hero.

And the book came home with me and remains on my bookshelf to this day.

watchme

Concerning 50th anniversary Apollo 13

on Wednesday while collecting my new Bond watch I discussed the Apollo 14 topic with the boutique manager. He told me that they expect the 50th to be announced in the first half of the year. A delivery isn’t before November !! He also heard the rumor that Snoopy could be Speedytuesday no.3 👎

MTROIS

Still interesting to hear that they have opened an official list with deposits.

Limited

I was new Omega's client but didn't have problem to buy Apollo XI (Italy)