WE, HUMANITY, ARE SO STRONG, THAT WE CAN SAVE THE EARTH. BUT WE ALSO CAN DESTROY IT. Wubbo Johannes Ockels (March 28, 1946 – May 18, 2014) was a Dutch physicist and an astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 1985 he participated in a flight on a space shuttle (STS-61-A), making him the first Dutch citizen in space. After his astronaut career, Ockels was professor of Aerospace for Sustainable Engineering and Technology at the Delft University of Technology. On May 29, 2013 it was announced that Ockels had an aggressive form of kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma) with a metastasis in his pleural cavity, and a life expectancy of one to two years. He died from complications of cancer on May 18, 2014. youtu.be/6rDG6pE-GGY
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 01:30:44 +0000
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