The Only Art on the Moon
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The only piece of art on the moon (depending, we suppose, on one’s definition of art) is a 3"-tall aluminum sculpture titled “Fallen Astronaut.”
It was created by Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck and installed by Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott, along with a plaque bearing the names of the 14 astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the service of space exploration.
In 1972, against the crew and NASA’s wishes, Van Hoeydonck created 950 signed replicas of “Fallen Astronaut” and sold them for $750 a piece.
The Jump
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bad artist!
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Art itself is very subjective.Originally posted by Ito_^:bad artist! 
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It was a nice gesture for the Apollo 15 crew, or David Scott personally, to place the sculptire on the moon because of what it represents. But I think they're whining abt "sour grapes" when they complained about the artist making replicas and selling them.
I think they were angry that he was able to profit from doing the same thing they got reprimanded for. We spent (I'm American) hundreds of millions of dollars to go the moon only to have these guys try to make a quick dollar....some things never change.
http://www.collectspace.com/resources/flown_a15_articlescarried.html
p.s. ~ Thanks to Baseline for the thread
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Nice.
There's a certain feel of .... I don't know this word correctly describes what I feel, but it's a desolate picture of a small astronaut on the moondust, like his relatively insignificant spirit ended up in the vast universe when his life ended there.
Argh. MooKu needs to read more books to brush up on descriptive language.
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No prob skid, interesting link u hv there to the main story.
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I think that's a nice anology u hv there ah moo.Originally posted by MooKu:Nice.
There's a certain feel of .... I don't know this word correctly describes what I feel, but it's a desolate picture of a small astronaut on the moondust, like his relatively insignificant spirit ended up in the vast universe when his life ended there. -
That's littering.
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Originally posted by Parka: That's littering.
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That's one hellava expensive garbage.Originally posted by Parka: That's littering. -
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