# Apollo 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell Honored

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 30, 2005, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-astronaut-jim-lovell-honored/310483 "2005-06-30T07:13:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-astronaut-jim-lovell-honored/310483/1 "2005-06-30T07:13:17Z")

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[With a statue!](http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/apow/ap2005.06.27.shtml)

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> To recognize Captain James A. Lovell, Jr.'s achievements, the Adler commissioned a life-like seven-foot sculpture of the astronaut as part of its 75th Anniversary. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley helped dedicate the sculpture in the Adler’s newly-restored Rainbow Lobby on June 28. The sculpture is intended to commemorate man’s quest to explore beyond the Earth and features one of Captain Lovell’s most famous quotes: “I have seen the Earth as it truly is — a grand oasis in the vastness of space.”

More info (including video clips) can be found [here.](http://www.nbc5.com/news/4663016/detail.html?z=dp&dpswid=2265994&dppid=65193#)

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**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-astronaut-jim-lovell-honored/310483/2 "2005-06-30T13:22:01Z")

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Those damn Chicagoans, always trying to steal Milwaukee’s thunder.

Milwaukee has the [James Lovell Museum of Science and Technology](http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2971318-discovery_world_james_lovell_museum_of_science_milwaukee-i) , located on James Lovell St.

Hey Chicago, get your own astronauts! 😃

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**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-astronaut-jim-lovell-honored/310483/3 "2005-06-30T15:15:54Z")

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Wait…he looks nothing like Tom Cruise!!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-astronaut-jim-lovell-honored/310483/4 "2005-06-30T15:23:21Z")

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> [@Electronic Chaos](#):
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> Wait…he looks nothing like Tom Cruise!!

Ha! You got a double! I was only going to say that he didn’t look like Tom Hanks!

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-astronaut-jim-lovell-honored/310483/5 "2005-06-30T15:30:20Z")

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To me, the statue looks more like Kevin Costner. :dubious:

I have a bit of personal pride in that statue because my company etched the pages of his manual in brass and I had to do some touch up work on the art. It’s not a huge contribution, I know, but it feels kind of cool nonetheless.