Posted on 02/08/2015 6:07:13 AM PST by Kartographer
After Neil Armstrong's death, his widow, Carol, discovered a white cloth bag in a closet, containing what were obviously either flight or space related artifacts. She contacted Allan Needell, curator of the Apollo collection at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, and provided photographs of the items. Needell, who immediately realized that the bag—known to the astronauts as the Purse - and its contents could be hardware from the Apollo 11 mission, asked the authors for support in identifying and documenting the flight history and purpose of these artifacts. After some research it became apparent that the purse and its contents were lunar surface equipment carried in the Lunar Module Eagle during the epic journey of Apollo 11.
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Absolutely. Met him at a formal function in London a few years back. Genuine nice guy and modest. True gentleman.
Contrast Neil with “Buzz” Aldrin. Now THERE is an over-sized ego. Dealt with him a time or two and his ego is bruised from being the SECOND guy on the moon and feels slighted.
Heck, go to Buzz's website and see the arrogance (and money-making T-shirt selling activities). http://buzzaldrin.com/
The guy won't sign autographs without you paying him for the privilege. Yes, sports guys and other celebs do the same thing, but come on, an Astronaut?
I am not impressed with Buzz. . if you couldn't tell. . .just MHO.
Paint, not pain ...
And landed under sniper fire in Boznia and tried to enlist in the Marines, too.
I always wanted an endangered species kabob grilled over moon rocks.
I’m not defending the fellow but it could be that he’s found his autograph being sold on EBay.
I agree. Let his family keep ‘em.
The fact that this historic camera (quite possibly the most famous of all time) was evidently not missed and unaccounted for seems very strange. Why did no one in the vast bureaucracy of offices within the space program not ask where it was? One would think that at least the Air and Space Museum would have inquired about it before. It seems like such an obvious artifact of interest.
Yea,but his stuff is from Mars.
Not too far fetched. Bubba liked the name idea so much he used say "Neal" every time Monica came into the Oral Office.
Can she can produce these copies?
No.
The Clinton liegacy continues.
“What difference does it make at this point in time, anyhoo???”
Rick would have called in his expert. And then low balled him.
In his defense, it says the proceeds from his tshirt sales go to his non-profit for kids.
I wonder if this conversation ever happened:
“So where are you and your friends off to now?”
“To the moon, Carol, to the moon! Bang, zoom!”
Sir Edmund Hillary Armstrong Brian Williams Clinton.
Didn't you hear?
Williams keeps a summer place up there.
My impression is that everybody thought it had been left aboard the lunar lander, which eventually crashed on the moon surface after the mission. From the collection of stuff, it looks like Neil basically grabbed everything that wasn’t “nailed down” and didn’t functionally *have* to be left behind.
The funny part is that he thinks NBC is bringing him back.
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