Apollo 12 secrets

[aceplace57]

Did you know several Playboy models hitched a ride to the moon?

Well, images of the models hitched a ride. LOL

The cuff list prank is by far the best. Conrad and Bean got quite a surprise on the moon. They were smart enough not to comment on the radio.

Nice reminder that the astronauts were professionals but they also knew how to have fun.

A photo of the cuff list is shown in the business insider link. The Playmates were Miss September and Miss October 1967. Their names were Angela Dorian and Reagan Wilson. This was when Playboy only featured Topless shots. Nothing explicit.

Up for Auction: The Playboy ‘Stowaway’ of Apollo 12 | TIME.com

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/nasa-moon-porn-apollo-12-2016-10?client=ms-android-motorola

A photo of DeDe Lind, taken from Playboy‘s November 1969 issue, was secretly stuck to a locker in the ship using Velcro and a cardboard cue card.

For all the expense and effort of their moon mission, Conrad and Bean had just hours at their destination to get through their assigned tasks. So NASA scheduled their time there down to the minute, with instructions written out on checklists strapped to their wrists.

Dave Scott, the backup commander for Apollo 12 who would have stepped in if Conrad were unable to go, saw to it that some other material made its way into those little wire-bound flip books.

[Robot_Arm]

I’m missing something. From your link:

While astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean walked on the moon’s surface, third crew member Richard Gordon stumbled upon the image.

While the first two were on the surface, Gordon would have been orbiting the moon in the Command Module. The way it’s written makes it sound like Conrad and Bean were just outside the door when it happened. And this particular picture didn’t actually make it all the way to the moon.

[Mangetout]

Apparently a little ceramic tile inscribed with scribbles by famous artists was also stashed on board - it includes Andy Warhol’s stylised signature - stylised, that is, as a line drawing of a cock and balls.

Moon Museum

[JRDelirious]

Tang, the Omega Speedmaster Professional, 60s PopArt, the old-school girl-next-door Playmates. Say what you will, Earth Culture was well represented in these adventures

[aceplace57]

@Robot_Arm

I’m missing something. From your link:While the first two were on the surface, Gordon would have been orbiting the moon in the Command Module. The way it’s written makes it sound like Conrad and Bean were just outside the door when it happened. And this particular picture didn’t actually make it all the way to the moon.

I think your right. The cuff lists (with a couple photos) were worn on the moon.

The photo in the ship’s locker orbited the moon.

[commasense]

IIRC, the girly pix incident made it into the Apollo 12 episode of Tom Hanks’ excellent miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon.

Dave Foley of The Kids in the Hall played Alan Bean.

[friedo]

@commasense

IIRC, the girly pix incident made it into the Apollo 12 episode of Tom Hanks’ excellent miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon.

Dave Foley of The Kids in the Hall played Alan Bean.

It did. That series (and the Apollo 12 episode in particular) is really excellent.

[Atomic_Alex]

Didn’t someone on a previous mission (Mercury series maybe?) get in trouble for taking along a sandwich for a snack? Weight limits calculated down to probably a gram and he brings lunch

Edit: ah I think this is it: Gemini 3 and the first (contraband) corned beef sandwich in space 50 years ago | collectSPACE

[minor7flat5]

@JRDelirious

Tang, the Omega Speedmaster Professional, 60s PopArt, the old-school girl-next-door Playmates. Say what you will, Earth Culture was well represented in these adventures

I make a special effort to ditch my daily-wear Apple Watch for the Omega Speedmaster Professional once a week when I go to church. That watch is too beautiful to leave tucked away in a drawer. I haven’t sipped Tang in a long while though.