Could he be an astronaut?

2019-01-25T20:03:26Z

Ok, so I saw this old guy at Abu Dhabi Airport in a wheelchair surrounded by airport staff. He was wearing a jacket with an Apollo mission patch on it, he was also wearing a Apollo program hat. Could he be an astronaut or someone who worked on the Apollo program?

Starrysky2019-01-26T02:31:06Z

Saw Mikhail Baryshnikov waiting in line at a dry cleaners, looking pretty ordinary in an old brown overcoat. Quite different from the stage image of one of the most famous male ballet dancer in the world.
So you just cannot tell anything about appearance.

Anonymous2019-01-26T00:46:55Z

Another possibility is that he could be one of the Apollo mission control crew, or someone who worked on the program in some other capacity.
It took thousands of people to make the space program successful.

Ronald 72019-01-25T22:35:05Z

Might well had have been if there was so much attention
Some are still alive

quantumclaustrophobe2019-01-25T22:22:30Z

Possibly, although I'm not aware of any in wheelchairs... Maybe Frank Borman, I know he had some health issues recently - but it may just be a NASA enthusiast...

billrussell422019-01-25T20:22:30Z

Every person you see with a red sox hat and jersey has not played for them.

Anybody can buy the patch and jacket.

On the other hand, those flights were 40-50 years ago. It could be one of those astronauts getting old.

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