Quote:"Now thirty five years later, Cernan and Schmitt are still the last to walk on the Moon."<p>That page was last updated in December of 2007, so add another four years.<p>How many people in this forum can truthfully say this sentence: "Man has not walked on the moon in my lifetime."<p>Say it again. Say it again. Say it again until righteous rage makes you want to spit on all of the bureaucrats, activists, and other parasites who clipped humanity's wings.<p>Repeat after me: "Man has not walked on the moon in my lifetime."
That photograph of them on the edge of the crater is wonderfully dramatic. Makes me wonder what instructions they had, precautions they took, preparations they made to make sure they didn't tumble in accidentally.
A bunch more Apollo panoramas. . . <a href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/maps/Moon-Apollo-Landing-Panoramas" rel="nofollow">http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/maps/Moon-Apollo-Landing-Panora...</a>
This is a beautiful image, but I think the colours are a bit off. There's some vertical red banding especially on the left of the image that I can't un-see. I emailed the person who made these about this once, and he mentioned he had a slight colour-blindness.<p>I know there's some colour on the moon, but I don't think it's as much as this image suggests.