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Col. Frank Borman, 9 Nov 23 – test pilot, astronaut and airline executive. He set a then endurance record of 14 days in Gemini 7 in 1965, was on NASA’s review board investigating the Apollo 1 fire, flew around the moon in Apollo 8 in December 1968 and became senior VP at Eastern Airlines after he retired from NASA in 1970.

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On 13/11/2023 at 12:56 PM, rgmwa said:

Col. Frank Borman, 9 Nov 23 – test pilot, astronaut and airline executive. He set a then endurance record of 14 days in Gemini 7 in 1965, was on NASA’s review board investigating the Apollo 1 fire, flew around the moon in Apollo 8 in December 1968 and became senior VP at Eastern Airlines after he retired from NASA in 1970.

So exposure to all that radiation in space didn't seem to shorten his time on earth.

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