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Originally Posted by onwebcam
I guess you missed the part where it says in bold lettering in the article title "suppose to remain in space" they filled, weighed and named the bag to be left behind.. Why go through the trouble of filling and weighing a bag of junk that was already on the ship before leaving the moon if it wasn't suppose to be left behind?
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"The contents of the McDivitt purse, which resembles an ordinary white clutch purse, were supposed to remain in space, according to the Smithsonian
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There is nothing about that the bag contents were supposed to be put into the bag, filed, weighted and so on. They were just supposed to leave that stuff on the Moon.
"although they were formally scheduled to be left behind — they were assembled in the Temporary Stowage Bag and saved from the fate that awaited Eagle’s ascent stage and all of its contents: crashing into the lunar surface."
"Later (MET 181:38:04) they would describe to mission control the container with the “odds and ends” as, “10 pounds of LM miscellaneous equipment.” It was important they account for the amount and distribution of any added weight so that the return trajectory and entry parameters could be calculated with precision."
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