Encore: The Space Race | Photo Finish | 4
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The Importance of Time
The astronaut in that story was Colonel David Scott Prior to the launch of Apollo 15, an Belgian artist named Paul van Huadonck came up with a bold idea to put a piece of art on the moon. Scott snuck the small sculpture in a commemorative plaque on board Apollo 15 in his pocket. It demonstrated that perhaps tensions between the Soviet and American space programs were subsiding Perhaps those tensions were even giving way to camaraderie To the men and women who traveled to space, they were all part of a fellowship that extended beyond the boundaries of nation-states.
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