文档介绍：Note: the following is excerpted from the ing book “Dark Mission – Book One: The Secret History of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration” by Richard C. Hoagland and Michael Bara. The book will be published by Feral
House Books (/, ap@)
Data’s Head
“Mr Data, your head is not an artifact.”
-- Commander Riker, from the Star Trek the Next Generation episode
“Time’s Arrow.”
Along the way to Shorty crater, a black halo rimmed crater on the outskirts of the light mantle material from the South Massif
avalanche, Schmitt and Cernan stopped to take some samples along the rim of a small crater. The stop, which was supposed to
last 20 minutes, was made to take a double core sample, get a gravimeter reading, and take some 500 millimeter pans of the
general area. The station turned out to be a disaster, as the astronauts had numerous equipment problems and Schmitt took a
spectacular spill trying to retrieve some sample bags. The crew later named the station “Ballet Crater,” in honor of Schmitt
fall, and the astronaut later attempted a few ballet moves in his suit after being kidded that the Houston Ballet Foundation had
called to enquire about his services.
It took nearly 37 minutes for the astronauts plete their tasks at Ballet Crater, and from there it was straight on to Shorty,
which was a primary stop for the EVA along with Nansen. Upon arrival at S