Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:29:55 -0500
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
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Subject: [WSFA] Our Last Footprints on the Moon: Remembering Apollo 17
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

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Forty-two years ago today, former U.S. Navy pilot Eugene Cernan and
enterprising geologist Harrison \342\200\234Jack\342\200\235 Schmitt climbed out of their Apollo
17 command module, America, and into their lunar module, Challenger, which
they piloted to a spectacular valley on the edge of the Sea of Serenity.

They explored an area in what is known as the Valley of Taurus-Littrow,
and would later head back to their orbiting spaceship, the last human
beings to walk on the moon.

\342\200\234As I step off at the surface of Taurus-Littrow, I'd like to dedicate the
first steps of Apollo 17 to all those who made it possible,\342\200\235 Cernan
radioed back to Houston.

Then, as he actually stepped onto the moon\342\200\231s surface, Gene Cernan\342\200\231s
spontaneous emotions took over.  \342\200\234Oh, my golly,\342\200\235 gushed Apollo 17\342\200\231s
commander. \342\200\234Unbelievable!\342\200\235

It certainly seems so now, more than four decades later. But the story of
final lunar mission is worth revisiting, and remembering.
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       mark