# Space buffs - which astronaut would you be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-buffs-which-astronaut-would-you-be/396492 "2007-03-19T00:05:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-buffs-which-astronaut-would-you-be/396492/1 "2007-03-19T00:05:33Z")
Being something of a space nut, one of my standard daydreams is to fantasize about which astronaut’s career I would most like to re-live. Some would immediately say **Neil Armstrong** , but he’s pretty far down my list. He only made two spaceflights, one of which was very brief and nearly ended badly. And he only walked on the moon for a couple of hours. Historical, but too much of a rush for me to enjoy. My top three are: **Pete Conrad** because he flew on Gemini twice, landed on the moon during Apollo, and did EVA’s (spacewalks) on a month-long visit to Skylab. That’s a well-rounded space career. **Dave Scott** did an EVA on Apollo 9 (standing in the hatch, but close enough), flew the command module solo, and landed at the best lunar site visited during Apollo, Hadley Rille. Also got to drive the rover. **John Young** flew twice on Gemini, flew to the moon TWICE during Apollo, and commanded the first shuttle mission. But besides his moonwalks, he never went EVA, so he comes in third. Anybody else waste their free moments in similar fantasy? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-buffs-which-astronaut-would-you-be/396492/2 "2007-03-19T00:44:29Z")
I kinda like this guy: > **[Zefram Cochrane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zefram_Cochrane)** > > Zefram Cochrane is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe. Created by writer Gene L. Coon, the character first appeared in the 1967 Star Trek episode "Metamorphosis", in which he was played by Glenn Corbett. James Cromwell later played Cochrane in the 1996 feature film Star Trek: First Contact, the 2001 Star Trek: Enterprise pilot, "Broken Bow", and the 2022 Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 premiere episode, "Grounded". Footage of Cromwell from Star Trek: First Contact was used in the Ent... Something about cranking _Magic Carpet Ride_ during the blast off is hard to resist… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-buffs-which-astronaut-would-you-be/396492/3 "2007-03-19T01:19:09Z")
Alan Shephard “Let’s light this candle!” ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-buffs-which-astronaut-would-you-be/396492/4 "2007-03-19T03:43:04Z")
The youngest one. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-buffs-which-astronaut-would-you-be/396492/5 "2007-03-19T21:42:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Space buffs - which astronaut would you be? The **next** one. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-buffs-which-astronaut-would-you-be/396492/6 "2007-03-19T22:03:42Z")
I’d be Gegarin, just so I could have that funny story about having jumped out of a window to escape his wife finding him with a nurse.