Saturday, December 15, 2012

Last Man on the Moon Was 40 Years Ago Yesterday

From the December 14, 2012, Chicago Tribune by James M. Clash of Bloomberg News.

On December 14, 1972, Apollo 17 Commander  Eugene Cernan climbed up the rungs to the lunar module and began his journey to the earth.  Now, 40 years later, he finds it strange that he was the last man on the moon.  Cernan, now 78, believed it wasn't the end, but just the beginning.

I agree.  Forty years ago men on the moon was about the same as shuttles going into space.  It would be  just a matter of time before we had colonies on it.  Hard to believe.

Eugene Cernan is a Chicago native and graduate of Proviso Township High School in Maywood and Purdue University.  The Cernan Earth and Space Center at Triton College in River grove is named for him.

And, he almost was first on the moon on Apollo 10, but that didn't happen.

How Come?  --DaCoot

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