Astronaut takes moon rocks to the top of Everest

[agentgonzo]

Scott Parazynski has made it to the summit of Everest, with some moon rocks in tow.

http://onorbit.com/everest/

 

[Tex]

That's cool, but what exactly was the purpose of taking some moon rocks? I couldn't find anything about it in the article. Can anyone shed some light on this?

 

[McWgogs]

It's awesome, that's why.

 

[EJ316]

Yeah, symbolic of something that we can't quite grasp.

 

[Moonwalker]

Moon rocks on top of Mount Everest? What's the purpose?

For me it would be more awesome, and more symbolic, if a Constellation astronaut would bring a moon rock back home, after more than 50 years.

 

[tblaxland]

That's cool, but what exactly was the purpose of taking some moon rocks? I couldn't find anything about it in the article. Can anyone shed some light on this?

More on it here:
http://onorbit.com/node/1027

I suspect that it is meant to draw "exploration" parallels between climbing Everest and going to the Moon - for publicity basically.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Scott Parazynski holds Apollo 11 Moon rocks atop Mt. Everest, with the Moon high above...

 

[EJ316]

Scott Parazynski holds Apollo 11 Moon rocks atop Mt. Everest, with the Moon high above...

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That's impressive. It's just one of those things that is symbolic, but I can't really explain why