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Forum:	Mercury - Gemini - Apollo
Topic:	Tranquility Base: Historic Property Designation

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]The California Office of Historic Preservation [URL=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24479]voted Friday[/URL] to extend state historical resource status to Tranquility Base and more specifically, [URL=http://spacegrant.nmsu.edu/lunarlegacies/artifactlist.html]106 objects left behind[/URL] by the crew of Apollo 11. <BLOCKQUOTE><div align="justify">[b]Recording of Tranquility Base as an Historical Resource:[/b] No humans have since returned to Tranquility Base following the departure of the Apollo 11 crew in 1969 to document the current conditions of the site. Under a $23,000 research enhancement grant from NASA through the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, the artifacts and features left behind by Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. were documented, inventoried, and mapped through archival research. Research was carried out at the Johnson Space Center and Lunar Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas and at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, National Archives, and NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. Subsequently, under a $20,000 Federal grant from the National Space Grant Consortium, an [URL=http://spacegrant.nmsu.edu/lunarlegacies/index.html]educational website[/URL] was published and is continually maintained. Based on the extensive federally-funded research, Tranquility Base has been recognized as an historical resource with significance on the national and state level. While a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places and World Heritage Site programs is planned, the current level of recording is focused on the important role of the State of California and most of the objects have a connection to California. Therefore, these [Department of Parks and Recreation] [URL=http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/1067/files/tranquility%20base_draft.pdf]forms document Tranquility Base[/URL] as a significant cultural resource and is hereby nominated to the California Register of Historical Resources. No other state has previously listed Tranquility Base on its state register.</div></BLOCKQUOTE> <center><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/tranquilitybase_status01.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="290"> <font size="-2">Credit: Lunar Legacy Project/U.S. Geological Survey</font></center> The move is a part of a multi-state effort to award National Historic Landmark status -- and then ultimately United Nations World Heritage Site status -- to the Apollo 11 landing site. Similar votes are expected soon in Texas, New Mexico, Georgia and Florida. The status applies to the discarded hardware and equipment only, not the land on which they sit. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 prevents nations from claiming sovereignty over the Moon, but nations retain ownership of the objects sent there. The 106+ objects now with California State Historical Resource status: [list=1][]Apollo 11 Lunar Module Descent Stage (1) []U.S. 3' x 5' Flag (1) []Laser Ranging Retroreflector (LRRR) (1) []Passive Seismic Experiment (PSE) (1) []Neil Armstrong's Apollo Portable Life Support System (PLSS), Model A7L (1) []Neil Armstrong's Apollo Space Boots, Model A7L (2) []Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin Jr.'s Apollo Portable Life Support System (PLSS), Model A7L (1) []Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin Jr.'s Apollo Space Boots, Model A7L (2) []Empty Food Bags (2+) []A Silicon Disc Carrying Statements from Presidents Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, and from Leaders of 73 Other Nations. (1) []A Gold Replica of an Olive Branch, Traditional Symbol of Peace (1) []Mission Patch from Apollo I of Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White 11, and Roger B. Chaffee. (1) []Commemorative Plaque attached to the Lunar Module Descent Leg. "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind." The plaque is signed by the Apollo 11 crew and President Richard M. Nixon. (1) []TV Camera (1) []Spring Scales (2) []Tongs (1) []Small Scoop (1) []Scongs (1) []Bulk Sample Scoop (1) []Trenching Tool (1) []Camera (Hasselblad El Data) (1) []Armrests (4) []Mesa Bracket (1) []Solar Wind Composition Staff (1) []Handle of Contingency Lunar Sample Return Container (1) []Medals Commemorating Two Dead Cosmonauts (2) []Document Sample Box Seal (1) []Storage container (empty) (1) []Hasselblad pack (1) []Film Magazines (2+) []Filter, Polarizing (1 ) []Remote Control Unit (PLSS) (2) []Defecation Collection Device (4) []Overshoes, Lunar (2) []Covers, Pga Gas Connector (2) []Kit, Electric waist, Tether (1) []Bag Assy, Lunar Equip.conveyor & waist tether (1) []Conveyor assy, Lunar Equipment (1) []Bag, Deployment, Life line (1) []Bag, Deployment, Lunar equipment conveyor (1) []Life line, Lt. wt. (1) []Tether, Waist, EVA (4) []Food Assembly, LM (4 man days) (1) []TV subsystem, Lunar (1) []Lens, TV wide angle (1) []Lens, TV lunar day (1) []Cable assembly, TV (100 ft.) (1) []Adapter, SRC/OPS (2) []Cannister, ECS LIOH (2) []Urine collection assembly, small (2) []Urine collection assembly, large (2) []Bag, Emesis (4) []Container assembly, Disposal (1) []Filter, oxygen bacterial (1) []Container, PLSS Condensate (1) []Antenna, S-Band (1) []Cable,S-Band antenna (1) []Bag, Lunar Equipment Transfer (1) []Pallet assembly #1 (1) []Central Station (1) []Pallet Assembly #2 (1) []Primary structure assembly (1) []Hammer (1) []Gnomon (Excludes mount) (1) []Tripod (1) []Handle/cable assembly (cord for tv camera) (1) []York mesh packing material (1) []SWC bag (extra) (1) []Core tube bits (2) []SRC seal protectors (2) []Environmental sample containers "O" rings (2+) []Apollo Lunar Surface Close-up Camera (1) []Lunar equipment conveyor (1) []ECS canister (1) []ESC bracket (1) []OPS brackets (2+) []Left hand side stowage compartment (1) []Footprint []Extension Handle []Stainless steel cover (9 x 7 5/8 inches x 1/16 inch thick) []Plastic covering for Flag []8 foot aluminum tube []2 + retaining pins for flag and staff storage []Insulating blanket []Small aluminum capsule[/list] Related news coverage: [list][][URL=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-moon-junk29-2010jan29,0,5698181.story]Putting the moon in the state's orbit[/URL] Los Angeles Times <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]There are countless places on Earth that have been awarded protection to preserve their historic or cultural importance. The moon has none. But that may be about to change.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> [][URL=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/01/discarded-apollo-11-items-left-on-the-moon-get-california-historical-status.html]Discarded Apollo 11 items left on the moon get California historical status[/URL] Los Angeles Times <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]More than 100 items left behind on the moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts were named a California historical resource by a state preservation panel today.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> [][URL=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/science/space/30moon.html]To California, Moon Junk Is State Treasure[/URL] The New York Times <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]In one small step for preservation and one giant leap of logic, the official historical commission of California voted Friday to protect two small urine collection devices, four space-sickness bags and dozens of other pieces of detritus, all currently residing nearly a quarter of a million miles from the state.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> [/list][/B][/QUOTE]
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