Re: First man burried on other planet

Joseph Costello (alterity@earthlink.net)
Sun, 01 Aug 1999 23:19:02 -0500

Skye Howard wrote:

> Wow. Cool. I must say though, last time I checked
> the moon wasn't a planet.....

Actually, I think the moon was actually a planet until the earths gravity overtook it..anyone else want to weigh in?

>
>
> --- Max M <maxm@maxmcorp.dk> wrote:
> > Here is something a bit interresting
> >
> > http://www.geekculture.com/blurbs/moon.html
> >
> > "Eugene is the Man on the Moon
> >
> > The crash of Lunar Prospector finds a quiet burial
> > ground for astronomer
> > Eugene Shoemaker. A small vial of Shoemaker's ashes
> > was loaded aboard Lunar
> > Prospector, and now rests with the craft on the
> > surface of the moon. He is
> > the first person to be buried on another planet."
> >
> >
> #------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > # Max M Rasmussen, New Media Director
> > http://www.normik.dk Denmark
> > # Private mailto:maxm@maxmcorp.dk
> > http://www.maxmcorp.dk
> > TheWorld =~
> > s/Microsoft Corporation//g;
> >
> >
>
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Joseph Costello
Sociology Department
C.M.S.U.
Warrensburg, MO  USA
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