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LM-12 Member Posts: 3207 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 10-03-2014 02:36 PM The red Bible can be seen in photo AS15-88-11901. A portrait of James Irwin and "100 2-dollar bills" are also on the Apollo 15 list. $200 in cash is still on the moon? I can't imagine the plan was to leave those bills there.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 10-03-2014 02:54 PM Scott and Irwin forgot to transfer their personal preference kits (PPKs) into the command module before jettisoning the lunar module. As a result, their mementos crashed back to the moon with the LM.
p51 Member Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011	posted 10-03-2014 05:50 PM Armstrong's overshoes weren't the first manmade item to get there, you have to consider the probes launched beforehand. And for that matter, Apollo 11's LEM footpads of course got there before ol' Neil got down the ladder. quote: Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: Scott and Irwin forgot to transfer their personal preference kits (PPKs) into the command module before jettisoning the lunar module. How ironic, considering what happened to them later for what they did bring back...

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