# Space Travel Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-travel-question/413306 "2007-07-27T00:00:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-travel-question/413306/1 "2007-07-27T00:00:57Z")
Hi Everyone! How many Dopers have ever talked (in person), to any person or persons who’ve actually travelled into outer space? By outer space, I mean anyone who has been on an actual: (1) Sub-orbital Flight (2) Earth Orbital Flight (3) International Space Station (4) Lunar Mission Was this person someone that you just had a chance to talk to unexpectedly, or was it during a lecture? How many Dopers are close relatives to any space travellers? How many Dopers have actually travelled in space themselves? ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-travel-question/413306/2 "2007-07-27T00:14:23Z")
I didn’t talk to him but I almost shook David Scott’s (he’s walked on the moon) hand. I could have forced him to shake it but that wouldn’t have been too classy, and I suspect he’s probably tired of shaking hands (he probably did it 50 times that night). It was at the premier of [In the Shadow of the Moon](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0925248/) at Sundance this year. I was dumbstruck and didn’t say anything to him. This documentary is fantastic and will be released on September 7, 2007. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-travel-question/413306/3 "2007-07-27T00:42:39Z")
I met Buzz Aldrin way back on a trip to the Kennedy Space Center in the mid 70’s. Right place right time. Those guys were like gods among men back then. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-travel-question/413306/4 "2007-07-27T01:15:15Z")
I used to work for NASA, and know several Shuttle era astronauts. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-travel-question/413306/5 "2007-07-27T03:09:41Z")
I was within 20 feet of all of the Apollo astronauts that showed up at EAA for the 25th anniversary of A11. (IIRC all the living ones) Brian ---
**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:** [July 27, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-travel-question/413306/6 "2007-07-27T04:40:52Z")
I was speaking at an event some years ago, and there was also a shuttle astronaut on the bill. He and I said hellos and then just stood around waiting for our turns on stage. I figured I would be nice, and be (probably) the only person that night not to ask him, “What’s it like to be in space?” So I didn’t engage him in conversation. This was about two years before I became a space and aviation buff. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-travel-question/413306/7 "2007-07-27T05:09:30Z")
I met Jim Lovell at a booksigning when his book [Lost Moon](http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Moon-Perilous-Voyage-Apollo/dp/0395670292/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-0707793-1147153?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185512812&sr=8-1) came out, and I have eaten at his [resaurant](http://lovellsoflakeforest.com/home) in Lake Forest, I don’t think he was there at the time, though.