Lot Nr. 188


David Scott (Apollo 15)


The Lunar Rover parked at its final"VIP" site with a bible left on board, EVA 3, 26, July- 7 August 1971

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1971, numbered "NASA AS15-88-11901" (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 20,3 x 25,4 cm

Scott parked the Rover at its final resting place 100 m east of the LM where the worldwide television audience could watch the launch transmitted by the Rover’s TV camera.
Pluton Crater, the North Complex and the base of Mount Hadley are in the background.
A red bible left by Scott is visible against the hand controller of the Rover.

“Wanted to leave a Bible on the Moon. Wanted to leave something of everything we had that was meaningful. [....] Leave a trail of who we were and what we were, for whomever someday. And you figure that stuff’s been, you know, a billion years without getting disturbed. This’ll be there for a billion years. Somebody will go back and pick it up. Why not leave them a story?”
David Scott (Chaikin, Voices, p. 192)

Literature:
LIFE, 20 August 1971, pp. 28-29; Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, Jacobs, ed., p.102; Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, Reynolds, p.182.

Expertin: Mag. Eva Königseder Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421

eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at

27.09.2023 - 17:10

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David Scott (Apollo 15)


The Lunar Rover parked at its final"VIP" site with a bible left on board, EVA 3, 26, July- 7 August 1971

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1971, numbered "NASA AS15-88-11901" (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 20,3 x 25,4 cm

Scott parked the Rover at its final resting place 100 m east of the LM where the worldwide television audience could watch the launch transmitted by the Rover’s TV camera.
Pluton Crater, the North Complex and the base of Mount Hadley are in the background.
A red bible left by Scott is visible against the hand controller of the Rover.

“Wanted to leave a Bible on the Moon. Wanted to leave something of everything we had that was meaningful. [....] Leave a trail of who we were and what we were, for whomever someday. And you figure that stuff’s been, you know, a billion years without getting disturbed. This’ll be there for a billion years. Somebody will go back and pick it up. Why not leave them a story?”
David Scott (Chaikin, Voices, p. 192)

Literature:
LIFE, 20 August 1971, pp. 28-29; Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, Jacobs, ed., p.102; Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, Reynolds, p.182.

Expertin: Mag. Eva Königseder Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421

eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at


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Auktion: The Beauty of Space - Iconic Photographs of Early NASA Missions
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Datum: 27.09.2023 - 17:10
Auktionsort: Wien | Palais Dorotheum
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