AS 17-137-20957 - A "Blue Marble" in space

Per commentare questo frame usiamo un piccolo estratto da un'intervista recentemente rilasciata dal Prof. H. H. (Jack) Schmitt alla JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), nel corso di una visita presso le strutture dello Tsukuba Space Center:

"...What was your feeling when you stepped onto the surface of the Moon for the first time?

The first feeling I had was how fortunate I was to have the opportunity to represent not only my country but humankind on the Moon. And then the second thought was just how beautiful it was. It's a land of contrast, with brilliantly illuminated slopes from a bright Sun, as bright as any Sun you've every seen, and then a black sky, just an absolutely black sky. Of course in the sky over the South-Western mountains, which were 2.100 meters high, was this Earth of ours as a three-quarter Earth, a beautiful blue marble in space...".