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1 - ■- iSlFJEj 4E BATTALION Thursday, November 20, 1969 College Station, Texas Page 3 ION BS [polio Kids, Pete and A l, omp on Moon Playground lub sej. Egielaii iuled at lions of. Wg. E ord ge? ! longesi noulim. ifconm oil wont ^ IfOfld ilion. Bit lul infor in in any In addi' and at IS. tiiw lear del it_ mean, iiomalic 'iie’i lilt, wantto ipprovei! ma 10W es, lul e^'Otly $7,511 •indexed, Harry F. Rosenthal isociated Press Writer PACE CENTER, Houston <AP) A1 and Pete returned to their [earthly playground Wednesday ht, as full of zip and laughter the first time they touched mr soil. It wasn’t a moon- ilk. It was a romp. The television camera that as- jmauts Alan L. Bean and paries “Pete" Conrad put on ie moon still didn’t work. “That pg-a-ling camera," Conrad call- it. lut even without television, ment one and segment two the moonwalk, made a price- is radio show. Bean, the ight man. Conrad, the come- in and his own delighted audi- There never was a sound from ace like Pete Conrad’s cackle. He hummed while he worked the moon. He sang. He dstled, he laughed and he ackled. He bubbled with job every new wonder. But most- he cackled. They were being very business- e, when suddenly Conrad ex- imed: “Man, have I got the apefruit rock of all grapefruit :ks.’’ Bean joined in. “That’s gotta me home in the space vehicle. never fit in the rock box." A. few minutes later they were roll a rock down a crater to jotograph its track and to al- (v earth to read the squiggles a seismometer experiment. f’Let me ask you a question, uston,” said Conrad. “How a rock?" ||Misson Control said whatever e was convenient. “I’m still standing still, Hous ton," said Conrad as he let his favorite rock tumble: “Hit. Hit. Now! It’s just rolling. Roll, roll, roll. Still rolling.” His happiness sang across 240,000 miles of space. “It’s really a shame, Houston," he said. “We could work out here for eight or nine hours.” And Bean said, “The work is no strain at all.” The whole time on the moon, Conrad was the kid let loose in the toy store, the burglar with the key to the mint, the only boy on the block with Joe Namath’s autograph. He was Pete Conrad, delighted to be on the moon. “Whooo," he shouted, picking up a rock. “Just like the one- sixth-G airplane, Al. Flies up in the air. Chase it around. Wild, I’ll tell you. You know this sun, it really is just like somebody’s got a superbright spotlight.” And he laughed. Never mind that nobody on earth knew what he was laughing about because the television conked out just after it showed Conrad and Bean getting out of their lunar taxi. It was like radio of the 40s where you got caught up in the thing whether you knew what was happening or not. Pete and Al were having their adventure and you zipped along with them. You laughed when Pete laughed, even when nobody said anything funny. Mission Control, like an indul gent mother, urged them to start getting back to the spaceship. Put away the toys and come in boys. “Hey,” Conrad shouted, “I just threw something, and it bounced up and must have gone 300 feet.” The stuff discoveries are made of. Bean admonished: “Hey, quit playing and get some work done.” “We suggest you go at a re laxed hustle,” was Mission Con trol’s reply. Mother was getting more insistent for the moonwalk to end. So they head back, and from the hard breathing it was a hus tle that was not too relaxed but then something else got Pete’s attention. “Halt, halt, halt!” he said. “Look at that! Never saw one like that before. Look at that! That green? What is it?” “Let’s see it,” said Bean. “No, it was green,” Conrad said. “I mean, that’s why I stopped. Heck with it. Bring the rock back.” More heavy breathing. On radio it’s obvious they are carrying it. The boys were almost back home. Mother, that big Mission Control Center on the earth, has got them back. Bean climbed back in first. “Hey Al and Pete,” said the man from Mission Control. “That was a hell of a show. Too bad the TV didn’t work.” Obviously, Mother was too young to remember radio. READING IMPROVER Students have at their fingertips 50 of the reading pacers used here by Chris Gavlak, Counseling and Testing Cen ter secretary. The mechanically-operated bar moves down a page of reading material, forcing the reader to improve speed and comprehension through more efficient eye move ments. Fred Dodson, who runs the Reading Skills Pro gram for counseling and testing, noted pacers, reading material and instructions are available to students through civilian hall advisors and unit scholastic officers. Chris is the wife of forestry major Joe Gavlak. Intrepid Soars From Moon n 19- APO SELLING PAPERWEIGHTS | Jpha Phi Omega member Bill Cronrath holds an “Old , |arge” paperweight that APO will be selling until Dec. 17. “Old Sarge” stands more than nine inches tall, weighs t least two pounds, and costs $3. He can be obtained rom any APO member or by writing the service frater- lity at Box 7454, College Station. Cronrath said APO will Iso have a booth set up in the Memorial Student Center in Thanksgiving Day. ire’s gent s. is since :rani. nny's ng n ie (Continued from page 1) meter, the astronauts loped about in the one-sixth gravity field, and Mission Control told them their steps were thundering on the recorder. “You ever see those pictures of giraffes running in slow mo tion?” Conrad laughed. “Exactly what I feel like.” Scientists in Houston asked them several times to look at Management Coed Wins C of C Grant Mrs. Diane Valera, senior management major, has been awarded a $300 Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce scholarship. The scholarship was presented to the first A&M coed recipient by Lowell Jones, vice president of the Chamber’s commercial di vision. Business Dean John Pearson noted Mrs. Valera, a Distingush- ed Student whose grade point ra tio “is one of the best anywhere at A&M,” praised the college’s scholarship committee for her se lection. “Mrs. Valera was chosen over a number of quality applicants,” the dean said. “We feel that the commercial division of the Chamber of Commerce should be pleased with this investment of their funds.” The award rotates annually through the chamber’s divisions and to appropriate colleges at A&M. certain craters or to take pictures of various objects, and the astro nauts were happy to comply. But they balked when asked to climb down Head Crater to in spect what they said looked like melted rock in the center. “That crater is a little too steep,” Conrad explained. They didn’t go. They had some advice for fu ture Apollo crews. “If we had a belt to strap to a guy’s back,” Conrad said, “one guy could hold on to it and the other could bend over and pick up rocks. It would save a lot of time.” Because of the bulky space suits, the astronauts have to use scoops or tongs to collect samples. And for his counterpart on the Apollo 13 mission, Bean had this advice: “Tell Fred Haise that he might quit working on running and start working on holding things. You don’t get tired walk ing, but you get tired holding these tools.” They regretfully ended the second excursion at 2 :45 a.m. EST and re-entered Interpid’s cabin to eat, rest and prepare for blast off. They could look out the window at the array of scientific instruments they deployed on their first moonwalk. Looking ahead, Conrad asked: “What’s up with Yankee Clipper this morning?” “Yankee Clipper is doing real good,” Mission Control replied. “Now all we have left is a little rendezvous,” Conrad said, looking to the reunion with Richard F. Gordon Jr., whom they last saw Tuesday night before the third and fourth men went to the moon. GOT A DATE FOR THE FOOTBALL GAME (OR WANT A DATE) BUT NO DOUGH Then see us for a personal loan Build your credit for future use UNIVERSITY LOAN COMPANY 317 Patricia (North Gate) College Station, Texas Tel: 846-8319 GOLF CLUB SNACK BAR The exclusive golf club snack bar is not just for the exclusive use of golfers. It is for you too. Come by this delightful new snack bar for a hamburger, cola, french fries or a big piece of pie. Try our “Putter”. You will be pleased. OPEN DAILY FROM 10:30 A. M. TO 4:30 P. M. LET US ARRANGE YOUR TRAVEL... ANYWHERE IN THE U. S. A. 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