Secret stash of Moon artifacts found hidden in Neil Armstrong's closet

Sploid ^ | 2/7/15 | Jesus Diaz

[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.

[MeshugeMikey]

there werent many lone wolf black on white attacks to speak of bacl 25 years ago..even 1o years ago

since OBIES come on the scene...its open season on white people in California cities

[Clay Moore]

Not to mention the WAC’s flying unarmed planes all over the Earth during WWII. Those were some brave women.

[lbryce]

Watching the video of the landing is absolutely indubitably incredible. The outright smoothness, incredible stability of the craft as it floats down to the surface is beyond description. But even the very sense of the flight seemingly pedestrian and mundane can not compare with the unbelievable conditions within the lunar module being literally in jeopardy, even danger due to the computer's continuous malfunctioning. Neil Armstrong's heart rate was said to be 160 beats per minute, and yet not the slightest quiver in their voices regarding the computer problem or that they were heading directly towards a huge boulder with a minute to spare.

Absolute, true to the meaning, real life American heroes.

Commander Neil Armstrong, RIP

[dsc]

“The Left is not only shameless, it is relentless (and merciless) as well.”

All leftist thought, from the limousine liberalism of a George Clooney to the murderous horrors of Mao, Stalin, and Pol Pot, is of and from Satan. Leftism is a contaminant in the human cognosphere, not a natural component of it.

Satan is smarter than we are, and he never sleeps. Those over whom he has the most influence are like maniacally evil energizer demons.

Every once in a while one of them escapes, like David Horowitz, but who knows how or why?

[dsc]

“Anything about Obama I would view with some skepticism.”

Anything *good* about Obama I would view with extreme skepticism.

[dsc]

“Not to mention the WAC’s flying unarmed planes all over the Earth during WWII.”

Until I read your post, I had never heard anything other than that they ferried planes within CONUS. May I ask what your source is?

[rollo tomasi]

"Didn’t Hillary claim she wanted to be an astronaut but was stifled by male privilege?"

Marines or something that would have springboard a "career"

How come chicks never gripe about "male privilege" in the low end of the totem pole of garbage men, septic tank cleaners, janitors, etc...? I know Hillary specializes in those jobs from a high position of power, but she had to marry into those positions.

[Starboard]

And it may be for the best that the camera didn’t surface until now

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One would think that there would have been a lot of discussion/analysis on the performance, usability, reliability, etc. of the camera if for no other reason than to make improvements and/or leverage lessons learned and insights for future missions. I’ve supported other types of missions before (of the military variety) and there was great emphasis on post-event analysis. One of the main topics was always on what worked, what was “problematic”, and what could have been better. Equipment performance is central to this type of discussion.

[Clay Moore]

I was under the impression that they were flying them overseas. I am not sure.

I had an aunt that was a WAC in WWII but she died before I was interested in asking questions about it.

[colorado tanker]

[colorado tanker]

The coolest thing he had was the actual camera that broadcast the lander’s descent. The funniest thing he kept was the “waste management” cover.

[colorado tanker]

I believe you are referring to the Women Airforce Service Corps, or WASPS. They were the trained pilots who ferried planes and flew for other purposes. They were a paramilitary organization, but were not considered service members and did not get service member benefits.

The WACs were the Womens Army Corps, originally the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps. They were service members, but I don't believe any were pilots.

There was an effort during WWII to bring the WASPS into the service, but it failed. In 1978 they were finally awarded veterans benefits. In 1984 they received the WWII Victory Medal. In 2009 they received the Congressional Gold Medal.

I am not aware the WASPs ferried any aircraft overseas, but 38 died in the line of duty. They did not receive military honors and sometimes had to pass the hat to pay for the funeral.

[dsc]

Thanks for the clarification.

[colorado tanker]

You’re welcome.