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  • What? That's the last bottle of oxygen? We better go.
  • O crap I left the stove on!
  • Do I now qualify to be the new face of the man on the moon?
  • 1) Here the last words spoken by an Apollo 17 astronaut by walking on the moon: "170:41:00 Cernan: Bob, this is Gene, and I'm on the surface; and, as I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come - but we believe not too long into the future - I'd like to just (say) what I believe history will record. That America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus- Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. "Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17." " Source and further information: http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17.clsout3.html 2) Here are the last words spoken by Apollo 17 astronauts by taking off: "188:01:23 Schmitt: Ah, shoot! 188:01:25 Cernan: Okay. Now, let's get off. Forget the camera. (Garbled)... 188:01:27 Schmitt: Ten seconds. 188:01:28 Cernan: ...10 seconds. 188:01:29 LM Crew: Abort Stage. 188:01:30 Cernan: ...pushed. Engine Arm is Ascent. [The accompanying video clip of the Apollo 17 LM launch (1.8 Mb) starts 3 seconds before ignition and then follows the LM for the first 13 seconds of the ascent.] 188:01:32 Schmitt: Okay. I'm going to get the Pro. (Pause) 99 Proceeded 3, 2, 1... 188:01:39 Schmitt: Ignition. [Schmitt - "As I recall, at the moment of ignition, all we had was static - loud static. And I was looking to see what happened, to see if I'd lost lock."] [Cernan - "Jack spent half of the lift-off trying to get comm back."] [Schmitt - "And I remember somebody telling me that what had happened was that they had a site handover scheduled right at lift-off! And nobody caught it."] [Jack's memory is not quite accurate, although the problem was, in part, due to procedures on the ground. The following has been extracted from the Apollo 17 Mission 5-Day Report: "On lunar module ascent, two-way lock with the lunar module transponder was lost. This resulted in a 4-minute loss of uplink voice, and tracking data during ascent. It was necessary to have the Command Module Pilot pass comments from the ground to the lunar module crew during this period. The initial loss of lock was attributed to attenuation by the lunar module (engine) plume. Communications should have been re-established in less time (than 4 minutes). A review of data indicates that a normal re-acquisition by Goldstone should have been attempted earlier. Approximately 4 minutes after lunar module lift-off, a normal re-acquisition was accomplished."] [According to Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham in his book "The All-American Boys" Gene's last words on the Moon were "Let's get this mother out of here." During the mission review in Santa Fe, Gene was surprised not to hear those words but what seems likely is that what he was remembering was his "Now, let's get off." at 188:01:25 and that, in later tellings, the wording changed to the more colorful version Cunningham quotes. I have discussed this matter with Andrew Chaikin, who is another aficionado of the audio tapes, and we agree on the interpretation given here. My thanks to William Bianco for reminding me about this issue.] 188:01:40 Cernan: We're on our way, Houston!" Source and further information: http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17.launch.html
  • I can't believe there's a McDonalds here.
  • "I'll be back!"
  • Did any one ever reach Moon?
  • Wow - it really is made of cheese... Yummy!
  • Did you just saw something moving over there?
  • This cheese doesnt meet expectations. Lets go home.

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