Comments on: A return to Phantom and the reminiscences of an Apollo astronaut https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/a-return-to-phantom-and-the-reminiscences-of-an-apollo-astronaut/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:15:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/a-return-to-phantom-and-the-reminiscences-of-an-apollo-astronaut/#comment-1528854 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:15:17 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109573#comment-1528854 Cantrell faces the same problems the VLJ/Air- taxi people faced…VC tightwads who would rather fund computer start-ups with low overhead. They avoid aerospace like the plague.

It doesn’t matter what the name of the company.
Oh, and for Pete’s sake Mr. Z….never use the word “synergy” again.

That’s right down there with “vape enthusiast” and “carbon-neutral.”

]]> By: Brian https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/a-return-to-phantom-and-the-reminiscences-of-an-apollo-astronaut/#comment-1528843 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:12:31 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109573#comment-1528843 “First, the talk by Charles Duke, describing his life and Apollo 16 walk on the Moon, was as usual awe-inspiring, mostly because Duke spoke like every astronaut I’ve ever met so matter-of-factly about what he had done. During the second of three excusions on the surface with his commander John Young, they drove their rover up the slope of nearby Stone Mountain, climbing to an elevation of 500 feet, the highest any human has so far been on the lunar surface. From there he could look back and see for miles, including the entire valley where the lunar module was nestled as well as the mountains and craters that surrounded it.”

I wonder if Charles took a photo of that scene, looking down at that valley, or is there an official NASA photo of that somewhere. I have never seen one my self, but it would be a cool one.

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