Posts: 1506 From: Beverly Hills, Calif. Registered: Nov 2000
posted 07-02-2013 02:06 PM
Offering the following flown items:
Apollo 17 Beta Patch - $2300
Apollo 10 Panama Canal Map - $1300
Each is signed/certified-as-flown by Gene Cernan; prices include shipping.
Email for details/scans if interested. Thanks.
MadSci Member
Posts: 226 From: Maryland, USA Registered: Oct 2008
posted 07-03-2013 06:20 PM
Just curious - why would they fly a map of the Panama Canal? Seems like if they landed in it the instructions would be to swim to the nearest shore and wait?
Was it a PPK item for someone?
chet Member
Posts: 1506 From: Beverly Hills, Calif. Registered: Nov 2000
posted 07-04-2013 03:19 AM
My understanding is that the crew was provided with certain Earth maps as reference to enable them to recognize/approximate their location should they have had to splash down in an unplanned recovery area.