Sunday, August 23, 2009
THE ICY COMMANDER WAS RIGHT
For almost 40 years, lunar geologists had believed that Alan Shepherd, a/k/a "The Icy Commander," had cut the longest walk on Apollo14 short and missed taking samples from the target they had assigned him. Check out this item and the amazing attached image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. It turns out Shepherd was right when he claimed they'd reached the objective -- and it wasn't a problem that he high-tailed it back to the lander to engage in his famous lunar golf swing. Shepherd's dead now, but you can still see his footprints on the Frau Mauro highlands of the moon.
GB
posted by Greg 6:37 PM
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