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Wally Schirra Dead at 84

UglyTool writes "Wally Schirra, the only astronaut to have flown on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions, died of a heart attack at a hospital in San Diego. Wallyschirra.com has much more on the man, his life, and his contributions to the American Space Program."

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  1. Wally Shirra was an Old School Astronaught badass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    He's the type of guy that a woman astronaught would drive across 5 states wearing an adult diaper to make her own.

    Female astronaughts hardly ever do that for me anymore.

  2. Re:Wally Shirra was an Old School Astronaught bada by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Female astronaughts hardly ever do that for me anymore.

    Are Female Astronaughts naughty or was that simply just a misspelling? ;)

  3. Matter of time by L.+VeGas · · Score: 4, Funny

    I told you that being an astronaut is dangerous.

  4. Shameless plug by iminplaya · · Score: 1, Funny
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  5. Re:Wally Shirra was an Old School Astronaught bada by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    >> astronaught would drive across 5 states wearing an adult diaper

    I hear she's doing endorsements for Ass-Go-Nought brand adult diapers.