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Lunar Archives: November 2005
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Thursday, November 24, 2005. Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius 3rd Edition. Galileo's discovery of mountains on the lunar surface, which had so long been traditionally thought to have a smooth surface, was pictured in his book by the use of woodcuts as pictured on the pages above. So we have the mountains on the Moon. How does this all relate to Apollo? He signed David Scott, Apollo 15, CDR beneath the inscription. Sometimes unrelated pieces have something in common. The trick is to find that relationship.
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Lunar Collections: April 2006
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Thursday, April 13, 2006. Music to the Moon: The Apollo X Music Tape. On May 18, 1969, Tom Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan lifted out from Pad 39B of the Kennedy Space Center launch complex. Their next stop was the Moon. Their mission was the final "dress rehearsal" for the Saturn V, the Apollo spacecraft and the lunar module at the Moon prior to landing. In the photograph shown above, Gene is displaying the tape presentation while at his home in Texas. I was able to gently open the display and extr...
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Lunar Collections: January 2008
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Sunday, January 13, 2008. Apollo 12: A Robbins to treasure. A relic that combines the exploration of the. With the exploration of a. In July of 1715, eleven ships of the annual Spanish Plate Fleet departed the anchorage in Havana Harbor and sailed from Cuba on the final leg of it's journey to Spain. The wealth of the Spanish Empire relied on the annual shipments of treasure that the plate fleets brought from the New World. The famous Indianapolis 500 race winner and Florida car dealer, Jim Rathman, later...
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Lunar Collections: February 2008
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Sunday, February 24, 2008. Call me patriotic, call me jingoistic or just call me a lover of the American Flag, but it is a truly beautiful flag. It is simple in its design and, yet, complex in its symbolic meaning. The stripes in our country's flag truly reflect the beginnings of a unique experiment in democracy and, yet again, the stars reflect our Union's accomplishments in today's world. As with any great journey, it starts with a step forward. After the disastrous Apollo 1 fire, Apollo 7 rose for...
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Lunar Collections: December 2005
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005. Apollo 14 BEEP BEEP Patch. The astronauts have a sense of humor. Does that surprise anyone? There are many instances where they played practical jokes on each other. Was it to have fun? To break the tension? Well, you would have to ask them. One example of the types of practical jokes the astronauts played on each other during the Apollo Era was the Apollo 14 "Roadrunner" or BEEP BEEP Patch. On the patch, the backup crew is represented by the Roadrunner standing on the Moon wi...
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Lunar Archives: December 2005
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005. Of Meteors and Astronauts (Part 1). I boarded a plane last Saturday for a busy trip across the State of Arizona. My travels took me from the top of the state near the Grand Canyon to the bottom of the state near the border of Mexico. In the four days of driving I learned the Arizona is a truly unique and wonderful state. Posted by Larry McGlynn at 10:35 PM. Of Meteors and Astronauts (Part 2). We had a very pleasant chat during breakfast. We discussed the Navy, Space coll...
