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December 20, 2015

The Real Story Of Apollo 17... And Why We Never Went Back To The Moon

On December 14th, 1972, Cernan became the last human to step on the Moon’s surface:
07 00 00 47: “Bob, this is Gene, and I’m on the surface and as I take man’s last steps from the surface, back home, for some time to come, but we believe not too long into the future. I’d like to Just list what I believe history will record that America’s challenge of today has forged man’s destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus Littrow, we leave as we come and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17.” --- IO9

Posted by gerardvanderleun at December 20, 2015 1:58 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Should have left a coke can and a Subway sandwich wrapper. Nothing says America like that.

Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 20, 2015 8:53 AM

The space station should have been built on the moon.

Posted by: ghostsniper [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 20, 2015 11:43 AM

Leaving footprints in the dust,
First on Moon, then Mars, we must.
For always driven by goal and gall,
It is upward, star-ward that we thrust.
'Til, old at last, our last landfall.

Posted by: Stug Guts [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 20, 2015 2:14 PM

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