Posted on 02/03/2024 12:19:55 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Apollo 14's Lunar Module Antares landed on the Moon on February 5, 1971. Toward the end of the stay astronaut Ed Mitchell snapped a series of photos of the lunar surface while looking out a window, assembled into this detailed mosaic by Apollo Lunar Surface Journal editor Eric Jones. The view looks across the Fra Mauro highlands to the northwest of the landing site after the Apollo 14 astronauts had completed their second and final walk on the Moon. Prominent in the foreground is their Modular Equipment Transporter, a two-wheeled, rickshaw-like device used to carry tools and samples. Near the horizon at top center is a 1.5 meter wide boulder dubbed Turtle rock. In the shallow crater below Turtle rock is the long white handle of a sampling instrument, thrown there javelin-style by Mitchell. Mitchell's fellow moonwalker and first American in space, Alan Shepard, also used a makeshift six iron to hit two golf balls. One of Shepard's golf balls is just visible as a white spot below Mitchell's javelin.
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The tiki lamp on the right is a nice touch.
Why do I suddenly hear Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) singing in the background? :-)
And MLD (moon landing deniers) many of which likely support Putin (and think Van Allen belts would prevent safe travel thru them), must be squinting to find the flying dust since such claim that is why the flag (with a rod holding it out) was due to wind.
Shepard’s golf ball didn’t get very far, did it? With only one/sixth gravity on the moon I thought it would’ve traveled farther than that.
“With only one/sixth gravity on the moon I thought it would’ve traveled farther than that.”
He didn’t keep his head down.
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I wonder how much the golf ball that was used would fetch at an auction when found in the future visit?
“He didn’t keep his head down.”
Look up - see a bad shot.
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