Stuff left on the moon

Archeological Inventory at Tranquility Base
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1. Apollo 11 Lunar Module Descent Stage (1)
2. U.S. 3′ x 5′ Flag (1)
3. Laser Ranging Retroreflector (LRRR) (1)
4. Passive Seismic Experiment (PSE) (1)
5. Neil Armstrong’s Apollo Portable Life Support System (PLSS), Model A7L (1)
6. Neil Armstrong’s Apollo Space Boots, Model A7L (2)
7. Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin Jr.’s Apollo Portable Life Support System (PLSS), Model A7L (1)
8. Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin Jr.’s Apollo Space Boots, Model A7L (2)
9. Empty Food Bags (2+)
10. A Silicon Disc Carrying Statements from Presidents Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, and from Leaders of 73 Other  Nations. (1)
11. A Gold Replica of an Olive Branch, Traditional Symbol of Peace (1)
12. Mission Patch from Apollo I of Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White 11,
and Roger B. Chaffee. (1)
13. Commemorative Plaque attached to the Lunar Module Descent
Leg. “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July
1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.” The plaque is signed by
the Apollo 11 crew and President Richard M. Nixon. (1)
14. TV Camera (1)
15. Spring Scales (2)
16. Tongs (1)
17. Small Scoop (1)
18. Scongs (1)
19. Bulk Sample Scoop (1)
20. Trenching Tool (1)
21. Camera (Hasselblad El Data) (1)
22. Armrests (4)
23. Mesa Bracket (1)
24. Solar Wind Composition Staff (1)
25. Handle of Contingency Lunar Sample Return Container (1)
26. Medals Commemorating Two Dead Cosmonauts (2)
27. Document Sample Box Seal (1)
28. Storage container (empty) (1)
29. Hasselblad pack (1)
30. Film Magazines (2+)
31. Filter, Polarizing (1 )
32. Remote Control Unit (PLSS) (2)
33. Defecation Collection Device (4)
34. Overshoes, Lunar (2)
35. Covers, Pga Gas Connector (2)
36. Kit, Electric waist, Tether (1)
37. Bag Assy, Lunar Equip.conveyor & waist tether (1)
38. Conveyor assy, Lunar Equipment (1)
39. Bag, Deployment, Life line (1)
40. Bag, Deployment, Lunar equipment conveyor (1)
41. Life line, Lt. wt. (1)
42. Tether, Waist, EVA (4)
43. Food Assembly, LM (4 man days) (1)
44. TV subsystem, Lunar (1)
45. Lens, TV wide angle (1)
46. Lens, TV lunar day (1)
47. Cable assembly, TV (100 ft.) (1)
48. Adapter, SRC/OPS (2)
49. Cannister, ECS LIOH (2)
50. Urine collection assembly, small (2)
51. Urine collection assembly, large (2)
52. Bag, Emesis (4)
53. Container assembly, Disposal (1)
54. Filter, oxygen bacterial (1)
55. Container, PLSS Condensate (1)
56. Antenna, S-Band (1)
57. Cable,S-Band antenna (1)
58. Bag, Lunar Equipment Transfer (1)
59. Pallet assembly #1 (1)
60. Central Station (1)
61. Pallet Assembly #2 (1)
62. Primary structure assembly (1)
63. Hammer (1)
64. Gnomon (Excludes mount) (1)
65. Tripod (1)
66. Handle/cable assembly (cord for tv camera) (1)
67. York mesh packing material (1)
68. SWC bag (extra) (1)
69. Core tube bits (2)
70.SRC seal protectors (2)
71. Environmental sample containers “O” rings (2+)
72. Apollo Lunar Surface Close-up Camera (1)
73. Lunar equipment conveyor (1)
74. ECS canister (1)
75. ESC bracket (1)
76. OPS brackets (2+)
77. Left hand side stowage compartment (1)
78. Footprint
79. Extension Handle
 80. Stainless steel cover (9 x 7 5/8 inches x 1/16 inch thick)
81. Plastic covering for Flag
82. 8 foot aluminum tube
83. 2 + retaining pins for flag and staff storage
84. Insulating blanket
85. Small aluminum capsule
106+ items left on the lunar surface.

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And you thought Base Camp Everest was bad? Couldn’t they have taken a couple of bin bags with them…

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Are we too clean?

SheepFollowing the outbreak of E.coli on a variety of farms around the UK, there are a number of calls to introduce specific petting farm rules to reduce these risks.

While I’m not suggesting we shouldn’t wash our hands after we’ve been to the farm, it strikes me that we’ve been getting ever more obsessed with ‘cleanliness’ as a society over the past decade.

Most parents and their parents will tell you that eating a bit of dirt ‘never did me/you any harm’ and I remember being a particularly messy child, always fond of falling into rivers and muddy puddles.

But when I was a kid, there was only one child who suffered from eczema and very few of us who had asthma.

Now ever other person seems to suffer. Allergies are on the rise, regardless of how careful expectant and new parents are, and it’s become the norm to not be able to eat certain foods, rather than scoff everything.

But what’s contributed to it? There seem to be a number of different factors which, lumped together, make a lot sense. They include:
– Air conditioning: more and more offices use it, but does a detrimental effect on employees’ health?
– Stress: most of us suffer and I, for one, know that it produces unwelcome side-effects
– Washing and showering: I didn’t shower every day as a kid and it wasn’t such a big deal before the mid-80s. Has this had an effect?
– Pollution: a bit of a given
– Diet: many of us eat more processed food than ever
– Chemicals: even though there’s a move to reduce packaging, ever more chemicals are used in today’s society. I for one have always been baffled by the use of something called Microban in plastic containers. I’m sure it does a fine job as an anti-bacterial agent, but can’t plastic containers just rely on being properly washed and dried?

I’m sure we’ll probably never know for sure whether you can be ‘too clean’, but I for one would like to return to those more innocent times of being a kid, when worrying about an allergy was the furthest thing from my mind.