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Russ Bardos (Update with arrangements)

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
February 17, 2012
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Keith’s note: I was deeply saddened to learn that my friend Russ Bardos has died. Russ and I worked at the Space Station Freedom Program Office in Reston. Any of you who worked with our rag tag bunch in Reston will know that a special bond developed between all who endured those crazy years.
In the following years Russ and I often talked about how we could make things better. His last job was as a consultant to Aerojet. I will miss that gravely voice on the other end of the phone line (and often on my voice mail) and that big smile (you know which one) and steely hand grip when we’d meet in person. Ad astra, Russ.
Arrangements below.

Sunday – 1:30pm – 4pm and 6:30pm – 9pm with a service at 7:30pm
Gawler’s Funeral Home
5130 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20016
Monday – 11am
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral
2815 36th Street, Washington, DC 20007 (Massachusetts Ave and 36th Street)
Interment following
Parklawn Cemetery
12800 Viers Mill Road, Rockville, MD 20848
Hotel accommodations – 2 options
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill (downtown) — 202-737-1234
or
Hyatt Regency Bethesda (Maryland) – 301-657-1234
Group discounted rate – $79 per night (reference “Bardos Family block” for discount)
More information can be found at the dedicated website provided by the funeral home. Donation information coming soon.
http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Russell-Bardos&lc=2216&pid=155914875&mid=4998586&locale=en-US

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

5 responses to “Russ Bardos (Update with arrangements)”

  1. James Muncy says:
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    This is so sad.  I had the honor to work some with Russ when I was on the Hill and he was still in Code M.  Then we collaborated in industry (him at Spacehab), fighting for commercial cargo to ISS, and other projects.  He was the prototypical NASA guy: a straight shooter who slowly became somewhat cynical over the years, who would crack the funniest jokes about the agency as an alumnus with the scars to prove it. 

  2. dphuntsman says:
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    RIP. buddy.

  3. FashionistamomDC says:
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    I was just thinking of him this weekend.  RIP, Russ

  4. 9216cop says:
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    Russ was NASA’s liaison to the National Academy of Sciences during the redesign of the booster rocket after Challenger, and I was the NAS employee with whom he worked.  It was a wonderful collaboration.  He could not have been more helpful or generous.  A true gentleman.  Our formal professional relationship lasted 30 months; our friendship, 25 years.  My wife and I got great pleasure from our enduring friendship with Russ, his wife Diane, and their daughter Maria.  We are both deeply saddened.  His passing has left a whole in our hearts.

  5. 9216cop says:
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    In the aftermath of the Challenger accident, Russ took up the burden of liaison to the National Academy of Sciences; I was the NAS employee who was the beneficiary of Russ’ knowledge, wisdom, common sense, and generosity.  Our professional relationship lasted 30 months, the best 30 months of my 30-year career at NAS, mostly because of Russ.  We — and our families — became good friends, a relatioship that has thrived for 25 years.  Russ was a true gentleman — and he knew how to put away a good banana split!  My wife and I are deeply saddened and our hearts reach out to his wife Diane and their daughter Maria, her husband Brian and Russ’ precious granddaughter Victoria.