THE LAST MAN ON THE MOON

From Episode 13 of our Discovery Channel series "Rocket Science" - Gene Cernan, the last man (so far) to walk on the moon, describes the December, 1972 flight of Apollo 17. The cancellation of Apollo 18 triggered a crew rotation that secured the one and only seat in the Apollo program manned by a scientist (geologist Jack Schmitt, replacing former X-15 pilot Joe Engle), over Commander Cernan's early and prolonged objections. (Full 13-part series available at www.foolishearthling.com)