This mission, not least because of the use of the rover, was the first where the experience of the previous missions really paid off in allowing Scott and Irwin to do lots of real science during there stay, rather than worrying about the basic concepts of simply getting and staying on the moon, let alone working and living on it. That`s not to say that the gee-whizz factor is missing. What the landing may have lacked by no longer being a first was, in my view, more than outweighed by the sheer, spectacular beauty and awe of the Hadley site, undoubtedly the most breathtaking of all the six varied landing areas were man`s off-planet experience began!

It`s a shame that Godwin couldn`t have twisted Dave Scott`s arm to give an interview for the CD, (as he has often done with the other volumes with the likes of Buzz Aldrin, Wally Schirra, etc) but perhaps that will be in the second volume for this mission? I hope so.