Re: [photo-3d] Re: stereo and the moon

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Davis wrote:
> Gee.  Is the set you have still available anywhere?  Does NASA sell
> it?
> 

They weren't selling it at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors' Center a
couple of years ago when my wife and I were there.

> By the way, in reviewing this set, I was reminded that one slide has
> the caption "Lunar Module prepares to descend to Moon's surface" or
> something like that.  It's a stereo shot of the LM, but the surface
> in the background is clearly Earth ... water, clouds, etc.  This
> must be a shot from another flight which got stuck in there.
> 

That would probably be a picture of Apollo 9, which was the Earth
orbit check out of the LM.  This mission had been planned to be Apollo
8, but was delayed by the preparations of the first flight ready LM.
I think the LM was Spider and the CSM was Gumdrop.

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