Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!panix!.POSTED.panix3.panix.com!panix3.panix.com!dannyb From: danny burstein Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: [teensy OT] NYT article on the discovery of Willy Ley's ashes Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 01:43:05 +0000 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix3.panix.com:166.84.1.3"; logging-data="23520"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" He was one of the key visionaries in the US Space program and died right before Michael Collins got to orbit the moon, alone.. in Apollo 11 He wrote *lots* of science fact and speculative fiction. The NYTs references the editorial, which I remember, in Popular Mechanics suggesting sending his ashes to the Moon. (I think I read it elsewhere... it was a widespread idea) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/nyregion/willy-ley-rocket-ashes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk8.9aTM.pQh3P-Dl3WUM&smid=url-share _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]