Event type:
Evening meeting, Lecture
Organised by:
Geological Society Events, Royal Astronomical Society
Venue:
The Geological Society, Burlington House
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
The Geological Society Library, in collaboration with the Royal Astronomical Society Library, is pleased to announce our next event, ‘First Geologist on the Moon’ a recreation of the 28th William Smith lecture originally given by the US astronaut Harrison H Schmitt on 19 December 1973.
Harrison Schmitt
Dr Harrison Schmitt was part of the three man crew of Apollo 17 which launched on 7 December 1972, returning to Earth on 19 December. Apollo 17 was the final of NASA’s manned lunar landing missions and therefore Schmitt remains the first and only geologist ever to walk on the Moon.
The following year, Dr Schmitt delivered a lecture on his experiences, “Apollo and the geology of the Moon”, before a packed audience in the newly refurbished lecture theatre at the Geological Society. Indeed such was the demand for tickets that the lecture was relayed to the British Academy where extra seating had to be provided for another 130 attendees.
Through the wonders of 1970s video technology, Schmitt will be beamed live from 1973 to once again present his lecture at a special screening in the Upper Library of the Geological Society, Burlington House.
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