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.
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http://www.sptimes.com/News/
Bannister stuns world with 4-minute mileBy BRUCE LOWITT© St. Petersburg Times, published December 17, 1999 ------------------------------
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.
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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!
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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
- Crew and CapComs
- Mission Overview
- Mission Summary
- Mission Requirements
- Taurus-Littrow Landing Site
- Image Library
- Photo Index (800k PDF)
- Video and Movie Clips
- Mission Report
- Preliminary Science Report
- Tech Debrief
- Raw Voice Transcripts
- Crew Training Summaries
- Press Kit
- Flight Plan (20Mb PDF)
- Mission Rules
- Cuff Checklists
- Final Lunar Surface Procedures
- Apollo 17 LM Lunar Surface Checklist
- Apollo 17 Traverse Planning Data (23 Mb PDF)
- Apollo 17 LM Data Card Book
- As-Flown CM/LM Stowage
- Apollo 17 LRV Tech Info
- Lunar Roving Vehicle Documentation
- Don McMillan's Virtual LRV
- Bill Wood - Apollo TV Essay
- TV and Communications Documentation
- USGS Professional Paper 1080: Geologic Investigation of the Valley of Taurus-Littrow
- Apollo 17 Sample Catalog
- Jack Schmitt's Flown Suit
- PLSS/OPS/BSLSS Briefing
- Traverse Gravimeter Experiment (A17 only)
- Steve Goodman's "The City of New Orleans"
- Which mountain is Family Mountain?
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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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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