![]() ![]() When we return this rock or some of the others like it to Houston, we'd like to share a piece of this rock with so many of the countries throughout the world. But fragments of all sizes and shapes - and even colors - that have grown together to become a cohesive rock, outlasting the nature of space, sort of living together in a very coherent, very peaceful manner. It's a rock composed of many fragments, of many sizes, and many shapes, probably from all parts of the Moon, perhaps billions of years old. In order to remind all the people of the world in so many countries throughout the world that this is what we all are striving for in the future, Jack has picked up a very significant rock, typical of what we have here in the valley of Taurus-Littrow. The door is now cracked, but the promise of the future lies in the young people, not just in America, but the young people all over the world learning to live and learning to work together. Second of all, I think probably one of the most significant things we can think about when we think about Apollo is that it has opened for us - "for us" being the world - a challenge of the future. And we'd like to say first of all, welcome, we hope you enjoyed your stay. They had the opportunity to watch the launch of Apollo 17 hopefully had an opportunity to meet some of our young people in our country. Prior to the end of their third and final moonwalk, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt paused to make a special dedication:Įugene Cernan: Houston, before we close out our, we understand that there are young people in Houston today who have been effectively touring our country, young people from countries all over the world, respectively, touring our country. ![]()
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