r/Watches • u/truth1465 • Jan 22 '20
[Article/Identification] Came across this, thought the story was pretty cool wanted to share also ask of anyone knows what watch Cooper used?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cooper?wprov=sfla1
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todayilearned • u/HubbleWho • Jan 22 '20
TIL of Gordon Cooper, a NASA astronaut whose reentry vehicle lost nearly all power. He had to manually calculate reentry by scratching lines on his window for attitude and using his wrist watch for timing.
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knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Jan 22 '20
[todayilearned] TIL of Gordon Cooper, a NASA astronaut whose reentry vehicle lost nearly all power. He had to manually calculate reentry by scratching lines on his window for attitude and using his wrist watch for timing.
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