[meteorite-list] harrison "jack"schmidt

From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Dec 17 20:38:53 2004
Message-ID: <121820040138.8904.41C38A2900048680000022C821587667559C9C070D040A90070BD206_at_att.net>

Walter,

That picture of the big blue Earth from the Apollo 8's Moon orbit is the image I recall as a kid when I think of the Apollo missions...as it was also the first day I ever saw a colored TV for any length of time. My Dad had the new TV delivered that day so we could have it for Christmas, and of course to see the view from the Moon to happen on network TV that evening with another Walter...as in Chronkite.

Thanx for sharing the photos.

John
 

-------------- Original message from "Walter Branch" <branchw_at_bellsouth.net>: --------------


> 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
> ---------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Randall - KB2SMS"
> To: "Meteorite list - Post"
> 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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