GregRedd
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Read an article recently that gave a (partial) list of some of the stuff that has been left on the Moon by astronauts over the various missions:
• more than 70 spacecraft, including rovers, modules, and crashed orbiters
• 2 golf balls
• 12 pairs of boots
• TV cameras and film magazines
• 96 bags of urine, feces, and vomit
• numerous Hasselbad cameras and accessories
• several improvised javelins
• various hammers, tongs, rakes, and shovels
• backpacks, insulating blankets, utility towels
• used wet wipes and personal hygiene kits
• empty packages of space food
• a photograph of Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke's family
• a feather from Baggin, the Air Force Academy's mascot falcon, used to conduct Apollo 15's famous "hammer-feather drop" experiment
• a small aluminum sculpture, a tribute to the American and Soviet "fallen astronauts" who died in the space race -- left by the crew of Apollo 15
• a patch from the never-launched Apollo 1 mission, which ended prematurely when flames engulfed the command module during a 1967 training exercise, killing three U.S. astronauts
• a small silicon disk bearing goodwill messages from 73 world leaders, and left on the moon by the crew of Apollo 11
• a silver pin, left by Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean
• a medal honoring Soviet cosmonauts Vladimir Komarov and Yuri Gagarin
• a cast golden olive branch left by the crew of Apollo 11
The second half of that list - the more memorial or significant stuff - got me to thinking about what I, and subsequently you, would chose to leave on the moon if we could. I also thought what aliens landing on the Moon would think of us if they discover that horde of urine, feces, and vomit.
So, one item, small enough to carry on your person. Either something personally significant to you and yours in some way, or something that you feel would represent you and/or humanity to the exploring aliens. What would it be? Or one of each, if you'd like.
My personal one would be the tattered copy of "Good Night Moon" that my daughter and I read a gazbillion times when she was a toddler.
My alien encounter one would be a copy of "Men In Black", but repackaged to appear to be an official UN documentary called "Understanding Alien Immigration to Earth - Everything You Need To Know". Mainly because I'd love to confuse the shit out of the aliens.
• more than 70 spacecraft, including rovers, modules, and crashed orbiters
• 2 golf balls
• 12 pairs of boots
• TV cameras and film magazines
• 96 bags of urine, feces, and vomit
• numerous Hasselbad cameras and accessories
• several improvised javelins
• various hammers, tongs, rakes, and shovels
• backpacks, insulating blankets, utility towels
• used wet wipes and personal hygiene kits
• empty packages of space food
• a photograph of Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke's family
• a feather from Baggin, the Air Force Academy's mascot falcon, used to conduct Apollo 15's famous "hammer-feather drop" experiment
• a small aluminum sculpture, a tribute to the American and Soviet "fallen astronauts" who died in the space race -- left by the crew of Apollo 15
• a patch from the never-launched Apollo 1 mission, which ended prematurely when flames engulfed the command module during a 1967 training exercise, killing three U.S. astronauts
• a small silicon disk bearing goodwill messages from 73 world leaders, and left on the moon by the crew of Apollo 11
• a silver pin, left by Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean
• a medal honoring Soviet cosmonauts Vladimir Komarov and Yuri Gagarin
• a cast golden olive branch left by the crew of Apollo 11
The second half of that list - the more memorial or significant stuff - got me to thinking about what I, and subsequently you, would chose to leave on the moon if we could. I also thought what aliens landing on the Moon would think of us if they discover that horde of urine, feces, and vomit.
So, one item, small enough to carry on your person. Either something personally significant to you and yours in some way, or something that you feel would represent you and/or humanity to the exploring aliens. What would it be? Or one of each, if you'd like.
My personal one would be the tattered copy of "Good Night Moon" that my daughter and I read a gazbillion times when she was a toddler.
My alien encounter one would be a copy of "Men In Black", but repackaged to appear to be an official UN documentary called "Understanding Alien Immigration to Earth - Everything You Need To Know". Mainly because I'd love to confuse the shit out of the aliens.
