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 | During his lifetime he had visions of being the first "Geologist Astronaut" and had visions of mapping the Moon, but in 1963 he was diagnosed with Addison's Disease, a condition which prevented his from entering the NASA astronaut program. |
| Shoemaker was killed in an automobile accident on July 18, 1997 in Alice Springs, Australia while on one of his annual trips to Australia to study impact craters. |
| In tribute to him and his lifelong work and contributions to Planetary science some of his ashes were carried to the Moon on board the Lunar Prospector spacecraft. |
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