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Apollo 17 Part I
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Apollo 17 was the last mission to the moon that had human explorers onboard. As a matter of fact, it was the last mission to any heavenly body that was manned. We are not counting the flights to space stations and orbital flights in the shuttle. Every time I think of the shuttle my blood runs cold. It still doesn't have an escape module to save the crew in case of an emergency. It like the old days of flight when the pilots in the biplanes didn't wear parachutes. Come on NASA wake up and smell the roses. Back to Apollo 17.
The crew of Apollo 17 What I have tried to do here is give you a pretty complete view of what the astronauts saw on the moon. There are a lot of panoramas. Due to the extreme amount and size of the graphics a fast connection is not only recommended but required.
EVA 1
Before the rover took any long trips it was tested.
Geophone 4 Partial Pan
Station 1
Station 2
Station 3
Station 4 - Shorty Crater
Station 5
Station 6
Station 7
Station 8
Station 9
Station 1 Shadow Inconsistencies The photo at station 1 seems to show shadows going in all different direction. This would not be possible if there is only one light source the sun, what is going on here? This is from official NASA photographs AS17-136- 20744 to 20776 If you look at the panorama of station 2 above you will notice two lights visible in the sky. They appear in about the middle. I thought one might be the sun and the other earth but then I came across this NASA photo #20117226 which clearly shows the sun beaming down past the two lights in the sky.
Lights in the sky This image makes one wonder, doesn't it. The next couple of articles will continue with Apollo 17. I think it is important to see what was going on and see if maybe we can discover a clue or two as to why we stopped going to the moon |
