Piece of Newton's apple tree to fly in to space

And how much money does it take to lift one gram of matter into space? Oh man, that's one of those tricky questions isn't it?

Hi MID Are there many such shrines on the Moon? Oh, I'm sure there are...some known, some un-known, and with various themes. There's a bunch of interesting stuff up there on the Moon...other than the Moon itself! Here's one: a family shot of Charlie Duke's, left on the surface of the Moon in April of 1972... Certainly long since deteriorated, but a family tribute shrine of sorts. And, I've probably said it before--all of the landing sites are themselves shrines, with commemorative plaques, to man's first explorations of a heavenly body.

but really...whats the point in all this? All what? The thread? I think that's apparent. The stuff carried up? Public relations, personal preference, human factors, and the like. You'd be stunned at the amount of stuff that goes up on a typical shuttle mission. STS-132 launches Friday afternoon, 5-14. On board that flight will be 109 individual items, or groups of items, including somewhere in the vicinity of 1400 small flags (U.S., state, and international), medallions, school banners, lapel pins, tee-shirts, a stuffed teddy bear, magazine covers, medals, various photos, a Rock and Roll Hall ... [More]

STS-132 launches Friday afternoon, 5-14. Not to derail the thread, but I would appreciate it if you can pull what ever strings are needed to have the shuttle fly over Texas during re-entry. If it is cloudy here, please pospone landing till the sky if clear. It would mean a lot to me, so please see what you can do. Thanks in advance for your compliance.

Oh, I'm sure there are...some known, some un-known, and with various themes. There's a bunch of interesting stuff up there on the Moon...other than the Moon itself! Here's one: a family shot of Charlie Duke's, left on the surface of the Moon in April of 1972... Certainly long since deteriorated, but a family tribute shrine of sorts. And, I've probably said it before--all of the landing sites are themselves shrines, with commemorative plaques, to man's first explorations of a heavenly body. i know he promised his wife he would write her name on the stars. lol.

i know he promised his wife he would write her name on the stars. lol. Well, from what I hear (and it may be wrong), Niel promised to write his wifes name in the sand.

Not to derail the thread, but I would appreciate it if you can pull what ever strings are needed to have the shuttle fly over Texas during re-entry. If it is cloudy here, please pospone landing till the sky if clear. It would mean a lot to me, so please see what you can do. Thanks in advance for your compliance. We'll see what we can do!

There's room for personal or special items. I think this is pretty cool, myself. I think it's extremely cool. If mankind goes into space, human whimsy goes into space too. Science has it's dreamers and heroes who deserve mythological treatment. For Pete's sake. It's not like they're moving his house into space you know. ------------------------------ Wouldn't Newton be fascinated to know that a piece of that apple tree had escaped gravity and WOULDN'T fall to earth? Come on, where's your imagination? .

We'll see what we can do! MID- if you ever have time, it would be interesting to know shat sort of work you do for our space program.

Great thread