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Friday, December 10, 2010

Apollo 17 launched December 7, 1972 - Now 38 years ago - Have we forgotten we did that?

Another year almost gone and I know there are things to look forward to.
Still, I think it is good to remember what has gone before.
Before the 4 minute mile was broken, it was thought it never could be.
Then someone broke it and more were to do the same.
- LRK -

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http://www.sptimes.com/News/121799/Sports/Bannister_stuns_world.shtml
Bannister stuns world with 4-minute mileBy BRUCE LOWITT© St. Petersburg Times, published December 17, 1999 ------------------------------------------------------

Eleven missions to the Moon and we stopped.
Will be interesting to see who can break the $cost$ barrier.
- LRK -

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Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. The mission was launched at 12:33 a.m. EST on December 7, 1972, and concluded on December 19. It remains the most recent manned Moon landing and the most recent manned flight beyond low Earth orbit. It also broke several records set by previous flights, including longest manned lunar landing flight; longest total lunar surface extravehicular activities; largest lunar sample return, and longest time in lunar orbit.
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It isn't easy to run a race, or a marathon.
It takes time, practice, and persistence.
It isn't easy to go to the Moon.
It takes time, practice, and persistence.
Make it so!
- LRK -
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Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright © 1995 by Eric M. Jones.
All rights reserved.
Last revised 18 May 2009.
View from the LM of the landing site. The Command Module in the foreground. The images are AS17-147-22466 and 67, taken by Gene Cernan one orbit before the landing. Anaglyph by Patrick Vantuyne. Click on the image for a larger version.

Background Material

The Journal

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Here is to the memory.
- LRK -

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Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station: 1967–1981 :: Apollo 17

In this section
Essay by Hamish Lindsay (to come)
Apollo 17 audio (recorded off-air in Sydney)

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Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -

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Milestones:

12/21/70 - S-IVB ondock at KSC
05/11/72 - S-1C Stage ondock at KSC
06/20/72 - S-IU ondock at KSC
10/27/70 - S-II Stage ondock at KSC
12/07/72 - Launch
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Apollo 17

Launched: 7 December 1972 UT 05:33:00 (12:33:00 a.m. EST)
Landed on Moon: 11 December 1972 UT 19:54:57 (02:54:57 p.m. EST)
Landing Site: Taurus-Littrow (20.19 N, 30.77 E)
Returned to Earth: 19 December 1972 UT 19:24:59 (02:24:59 p.m. EST)
Eugene A. Cernan, commander
Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot
Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot

[Many links to information and photos]
And we left the Moon - LRK -
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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