[Large Format] The Lunar Rover at its final “VIP” parking site on the Moon, July 26-August 7, 1971, EVA 3
David Scott [Apollo 15]
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[Large Format] The Lunar Rover at its final “VIP” parking site on the Moon, July 26-August 7, 1971, EVA 3
Scott parked the Rover at its final resting place 100 m east of the LM where the worldwide television audience could watch the launch transmitted by the Rover’s TV camera.
A red bible left by Scott is visible against the hand controller of the Rover. The North Complex is in the background.
“Wanted to leave a Bible on the Moon. Wanted to leave something of everything we had that was meaningful. [....] Leave a trail of who we were and what we were, for whomever someday. And you figure that stuff’s been, you know, a billion years without getting disturbed. This’ll be there for a billion years. Somebody will go back and pick it up. Why not leave them a story?” David Scott (Chaikin, Voices, p. 192)
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David Scott [Apollo 15][Large Format] The Lunar Rover at its final “VIP” parking site on the Moon, July 26-August 7, 1971, EVA 3Estimate: GBP 2,000 - 3,000
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