On December 11, 1972, the last manned Apollo mission to the moon touched down at the Taurus-Littrow landing site, a spectacular, mountain-ringed valley at the edge of the Sea of Serenity.
Stem Weathers scrambled to the top of the Mesa de los Viejos, tied the burr to a dead juniper, and settled himself down on a dusty boulder.
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Only an ex-monk could have dreamed up something as crazy as that.
