Items left to be found by the intrepid geocacher:

It’s a tradition for astronauts to carry mementos into space for themselves or others. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first who would make a stop in another world before returning to Earth. So they took some things to bring back home and some to leave behind.

In the first category was the tiny, silver Communion chalice Aldrin carried. The crew also took bits of wood and fabric from the Wright Brothers’ first airplane. Congress insisted that they take two American flags. There were three gold olive-branch pins for the astronauts’ wives. And, as a favor to veteran launch pad boss Guenter Wendt, they took an opal he had picked out to give to his wife when it came back from the moon.

The things left behind include the descent stage of lunar lander with the commemorative plaque on its strut, the U.S. flag the astronauts planted in the lunar soil, their backpacks, outer boots, a nice Hasselblad 500EL camera (they took the film magazine home, of course) and used food trays – as well as lots of footprints.

In his haste to complete all the mission tasks, Aldrin nearly forgot about a few items he had stashed in a pocket of his spacesuit. He was already back inside Eagle when Armstrong reminded him. So instead of conducting the small ceremony they’d planned, Aldrin simply tossed the packet out the door and into the dust of the moon.

It contained a gold medallion with the image of an olive branch and a small silicon disc engraved with microscopic goodwill messages in native languages from more than 70 world leaders.

http://www.nasa.gov/images/con…..11_lrg.jpg

Look at the shadow-casting object right in the center of that image. Yep, that’s it.

You can make light of it all you want, but I get damned choked up with pride knowing that my country used to be able to accomplish these things.

Putting flags on the moon is way more important than messing around with countries that have the moon on their flags.

I’m thinking that you did that just a little bit too well….

j/k – later, y’all.

there’s some serious catholic influence there.

OT – time to suit up and get gone……

f**k July….