[meteorite-list] harrison "jack"schmidt

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Dec 17 20:28:29 2004
Message-ID: <000701c4e4a0$6aa7d220$6101a8c0_at_launchmodem.com>

Hi Tom and List,

Oh, that is a shame. Those "vintage" ones are the best.

Here is an Apollo 8 Lovell from my collection (sorry for the bad photo):

http://www.branchmeteorites.com/misc/lovell.jpg

-Walter
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From: "Thomas Randall - KB2SMS" <tommy2004_at_hvc.rr.com>
To: "Meteorite list - Post" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] harrison "jack"schmidt


>
> Hi Walter and list,
> I met and got Lovell's autograph when I was 14, he was grand marshall
> at an opening of city hall in Poughkeepsie,N.Y.
>
> Man was it great! He even broguht a moon rock encases in a half dome
> thing.
>
> Here's the sad part, I ended up putting the autograph in an Apollo
> pamphlet I got from KSC and gave the extra copies away to someone and
> the autograph was in one of the copies. I used to send to KSC all the
> time for Apollo stuff and they'd send back big envelopes full of 8x10's,
> Apollo literature,etc. I had TONS of the stuff.
>
> I didn't wash my hand for weeks!
>
> Regards and happy holidays to all.
>
> Tom Randall
>
>
> On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 19:50, Walter Branch wrote:
> > Hello Steve and List,
> >
> > Harrison "Jack" Schmitt was the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 17. He
was
> > actually the only trained scientist (geologist) to land on the moon and
had
> > to learn to fly to become an astronaut. Schmitt bumped Joe Allen, who
was
> > the original Apollo 17 LMP, when the scientific community complained
that no
> > trained scientest had landed on and studied the moon. Allen later flew
the
> > space shuttle.
> >
> > Here is perhaps the most famous picture from the Apollo 17 flight:
> >
> > http://www.branchmeteorites.com/misc/schmitt.jpg
> >
> > Apollo 17 was our last manned flight to the moon and brought back 243
lbs of
> > moon rocks.
> >
> > -Walter
>
>
>
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