Alan Poindexter, 50, Dies

[elizabeth25]

Former NASA Astronaut Alan Poindexter, 50, Dies in Jet Ski Accident

http://www.space.com/16386-astronaut...-accident.html

Rest in Peace, thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

[KaiYeves]

STS-122 landed on the day my family was in Mystic to celebrate my 15th birthday. It was really incredible to have a shuttle landing AND a lunar eclipse to watch the same day (and visit the aquarium in-between).

Thank you, Mr. Poindexter, for giving me one of the best birthdays ever.

[Vonstadt]

All of my family's prayers and best wishes go out to his family and friends.

Especially his sons, who were also in the same accident with their father.

[publiusr]

He will be missed. I wish folk would leave the jet skis alone.

[jrkeller]

My oldest daughter and his youngest son had many classes together in high school. Before his missions, he always brought in NASA stuff for the kids in the class.

[Swift]

Moved from SML to Space Exploration

My thoughts are also with his family.

[R.A.F.]

Especially his sons, who were also in the same accident with their father.

Interesting way of putting it...one of his sons was the cause of the accident.