Today is the 50-Year Anniversary of the successful completion of Apollo 9, the first flight of the Lunar Module. We took a preview tour of the new space exhibit (which opens tomorrow) This is the capsule that brought them home safely, 50 years ago today. With astronaut and B612 co-founder Ed Lu.
Rusty’s reflections: “We went to the Moon as Americans; we’ll go to Mars and on as people from Earth.
And do this we must if we’re to have the time needed to become, as Elon Musk says, a multi-planet species.
So for me, this is the big deal worthy of celebration 50 years after we first landed on the Moon. Landed on the Moon… and looked back at the Earth! What we saw was a fantastic reality; the unbelievably beautiful home of all the life in our little corner of the Universe. What we realized was our responsibility for doing whatever we can to extend and continue this amazing evolutionary experiment we call life.
Now what’s a bigger deal than that? So wherever you are on March 13, 2019, we’re all together, one way or another.” — www.RustySchweickart.com
For the anniversary, I also posted a bunch of Apollo 9 artifacts that I have collected over the years.
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