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The Final Mission - Preserving NASA's Apollo Sites (Paperback)
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The Final Mission - Preserving NASA's Apollo Sites (Paperback)
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The world will always remember Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin for
their first steps on the moon, yet few today hold in respect the
sites that made these and other astronauts' journeys possible.
Across the American landscape and on the lunar surface, many
facilities and landing sites linked to the Apollo program remain
unprotected. Some have already crumbled to ruins-silent and
abandoned. The Final Mission explores these key locations, reframes
the footprints and items left on the moon as cultural resources,
and calls for the urgent preservation of this space heritage.
Beginning with the initiation of the space race, the authors trace
the history of research, training, and manufacturing centers that
contributed to lunar exploration. From the early rocket test stands
of Robert H. Goddard, to astronaut instruction at Meteor Crater, to
human and primate experiments at Holloman Air Force Base,
innumerable places proved critical to developing the equipment for
exploring space, surviving the journey, and returning to Earth
safely. Despite their significance to the history of human
spaceflight, many landmarks face the threat of damage or
destruction. Most alarming is that the rapid advancement of
technology renders stations obsolete long before they are deemed
worthy of preservation. Moreover, the lack of precedence for
protecting off-planet artifacts poses a unique challenge for space
archaeology. While NASA's 2011 recommendations for spacefarers
suggest avoiding close proximity to this cultural landscape, the
authors advocate stronger routes of preservation and present models
for safeguarding space history-both on Earth's surface and beyond.
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