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Man on the Moon
If Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon (20 July 1969), then who was the last man to walk on the moon? And when?
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To be pedantic about it, as Commander of the mission Eugene Cernan would be the last man to get back on board the module and hence THE last man on the moon and that actually occurred on December 14th.
"Okay, Jack. Let's get this mother outta here." � Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 Commander. Apocryphal last 'informal' words said on the lunar surface, one second before lunar liftoff.
He left a Czech flag on there because his ancestors were Czech.
The next crewed NASA mission to land on the Moon is very tentatively scheduled to occur in 2019 with Orion 13 mission.
"Okay, Jack. Let's get this mother outta here." � Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 Commander. Apocryphal last 'informal' words said on the lunar surface, one second before lunar liftoff.
He left a Czech flag on there because his ancestors were Czech.
The next crewed NASA mission to land on the Moon is very tentatively scheduled to occur in 2019 with Orion 13 mission.
You might be interested in Charles "Pete" Conrad
He was the third man on the moon as the Commander of Apollo 12.
The ladder on the lunar lander was actually quite a way from the surface his first words on stepping out onto the lunar surface were "Man! That may have been a small step for Neil but it's a long one for me"
John Young was also amazing 2 Geminii flights, Apollo 10 -dress reheasal for the first landing, Apollo 16 and commanded the first Shuttle flight with Bob Crippin. I don't know if it's true but I have heard that they calculated (or at least checked ) the re-entry figures with a hand held programmable calculator! - but that might just be HP's marketing department
John Young was backup commander for Apollo 17 and when Gene Cernan injured his knee came within a gnat's whisker of being the only man to go to the moon twice.
He was the third man on the moon as the Commander of Apollo 12.
The ladder on the lunar lander was actually quite a way from the surface his first words on stepping out onto the lunar surface were "Man! That may have been a small step for Neil but it's a long one for me"
John Young was also amazing 2 Geminii flights, Apollo 10 -dress reheasal for the first landing, Apollo 16 and commanded the first Shuttle flight with Bob Crippin. I don't know if it's true but I have heard that they calculated (or at least checked ) the re-entry figures with a hand held programmable calculator! - but that might just be HP's marketing department
John Young was backup commander for Apollo 17 and when Gene Cernan injured his knee came within a gnat's whisker of being the only man to go to the moon twice.
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Money.
Because NASA is funded, almost entirely, by the american tax payers (yes, a few of them still pay tax) so they couldn't justify the expense, especially during the 70's and 80's oil crises.
Vietnam didn't help. People started to hate the administration and the money spent on that, as well as what seemed like pointless space missions.
I go to Cape Kennedy and Houston every year for various reasons and it amazes me that with our current level of technology... they still manage to have incredible blunders which don't get out to joe public.
Because NASA is funded, almost entirely, by the american tax payers (yes, a few of them still pay tax) so they couldn't justify the expense, especially during the 70's and 80's oil crises.
Vietnam didn't help. People started to hate the administration and the money spent on that, as well as what seemed like pointless space missions.
I go to Cape Kennedy and Houston every year for various reasons and it amazes me that with our current level of technology... they still manage to have incredible blunders which don't get out to joe public.
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