The Strange Story Of the Sculpture On the Moon 132
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from the cheese-cutters-for-michaelangelo dept.
from the cheese-cutters-for-michaelangelo dept.
braindrainbahrain writes "Slate magazine has written a story about the only work of art placed on the Moon: the Fallen Astronaut sculpture. It was placed on the Moon during the Apollo 15 mission to commemorate both American and Soviet deceased astronauts. The little statue, rather than bringing fame and fortune, ended up being nearly forgotten, and got both Apollo astronaut David Scott and Belgian sculptor Van Hoeydonck in hot water with the U.S. government."
looking in the wrong place (Score:5, Funny)
The most interesting art on the Moon is the full-size replica of the Deutschlandhalle, built on the dark side.
It's where the Nazi Moon Olympics are held every four years, without any Jesse Owenses to spoil the fun.
And the undangerous Belgians (Score:5, Funny)
“The astronauts told me that when they met Nixon later he asked them, ‘The artist—he’s a Democrat?’ They said, ‘No, he’s Belgian,’ and he said, ‘OK.’
Re:News? (Score:4, Funny)
They illegally downloaded it
Re: News? (Score:4, Funny)
Actually, this is proof that the moon landing wasn't faked. As all slashdot knows, it is extremely difficult to get something back from the moon -- but it can be done.
Getting anything from one of the studios is beyond impossible.
Hoax! (Score:1, Funny)