[dielotr]

As a member of Apollo 13, he flew farther from Earth than any other human being ever has.

He was literally closer to God and the Heavens than anyone else before or since.

RIP and ad astra to a great American

[addaon]

> He was literally closer to God

If you subscribe to a religion that not only assigns a physical known location to God, but puts that location at a significant distance away from humanity either in a specific direction, or in a general “anywhere except where those people are” sense. Is that a common belief structure?

[chronogram]

I think it is common. In that religion heaven is in the clouds above, and someone going very high up into the clouds but not reaching it then got closer than others did.

[thatwasunusual]

> He was literally closer to God and the Heavens than anyone else before or since.

How so?

[mrexroad]

Because… what does god need with a starship?

[anon7725]

God has a summer home on Tau Ceti f