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re: Apparently there is an AU flag on the moon?
Posted on 7/16/13 at 11:53 am to UPT
Posted on 7/16/13 at 11:53 am to UPT
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Ken Mattingly flew to the moon but never walked on it. Cool myth though. The idea that NASA would allow ANYTHING aboard an Apollo space craft that wasn't needed for it's operation is laughable.
whats laugable? that he brought Auburn flags with him on the mission? considering its fact, not sure whats laugable. they also brought other schools flags as well. also the "myth" is he gave them to the moonwalkers to bury with the other items.
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Posted on 7/16/13 at 12:20 pm to NYCAuburn
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Auburn lore maintains that one of those colleagues — John W. Young and Charlie Duke — deposited a flag on the lunar surface. A flag-bearing T-shirt commemorating Mattingly’s voyage, once sold in Auburn-area stores, has been marketed thusly. But myth may have blended with fact, and the consensus is that all flags stayed confined to the capsule. Asked if a flag found its way to the moon, Mattingly, 74, said by phone, “I have no way of answering that question.” Neither Young nor Duke could be reached.
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