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Edgar Mitchell

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Astronaut

The Resume

    (September 17, 1930-February 4, 2016)
    Astronaut (April 4, 1966-1972)
    Flew aboard Apollo 14 (January 31-February 9, 1971)
    Sixth person to step on the Moon (February 5, 1971)
    U.S. Navy/U.S. Air Force
    Wrote 'Psychic Exploration: A Challenge to Science (1974) and 'The Way of the Explorer' (1996)
    Consultant on the X Files
    Founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences

Why he might be annoying:

    He believed in ESP and para sciences.
    He was admonished for conducting an unauthorized ESP test while on the Moon with a friend on Earth.
    He told the NY Times that he believes 90% of reported UFOs are visitors from other planets.
    He said: 'My view of our planet was a glimpse of divinity.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was the third of six men to pilot a lunar module landing onto the Moon.
    His one and only space flight was to the Moon.
    He graduated Carnegie Institute of Technology (1952).
    He earned a doctorate at MIT (1964).
    He graduated top of his class at U.S. Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School.
    He was a backup on Apollo 10, the final manned mission before landing a man on the Moon.
    He accompanied Alan B. Shepard on the Moon.
    He witnessed Alan B. Shepard driving a golf ball on the lunar surface.
    He helped collect Moon rocks to bring back to Earth.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 94 Votes: 58.51% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 77 Votes: 35.06% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 88 Votes: 47.73% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 99 Votes: 47.47% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 64 Votes: 31.25% Annoying