Gemini Traditional Geocache
Wis Kid: As there has been no owner action in the last 30 days, I am regrettably forced to archive this listing.
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You are looking for a small plastic container.
This cache is a part of the NASA Program series of caches. This cache contains an integer clue written in the cover of the cache which will help you solve three mystery caches. Two of the mystery caches are standard caches which we feel most people should attempt. The third is a ‘bonus’ cache for those desiring an increased level of difficulty.
Our goal was to provide a positive caching opportunity that is kid friendly as well as an experience that would be ideal for introducing new geocachers to the experience. We feel this series is best solved by starting at the Big Falls County Park (South Side) parking lot (parking fee required) and finding the caches by going in a clockwise direction. All the caches are within approximately 40 feet of the trail. Most are closer. To complete this series, you will walk approximately 2 ½ miles most of which is on fairly good trails. We hope you enjoy this series as much as we enjoyed setting it!
On May 25, 1961, three weeks after Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space, President John F. Kennedy announced the goal of sending astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade.
To facilitate this goal, NASA expanded the existing manned space flight program in December 1961 to include the development of a two-man spacecraft. The program was officially designated Gemini on January 3, 1962.
The Gemini Program was a necessary intermediate step between Project Mercury and the Apollo Program, and had four objectives:
1) To subject astronauts to long duration flights- a requirement for projected later trips to the moon or deeper space;
2) to develop effective methods of rendezvous and docking with other orbiting vehicles, and to maneuver the docked vehicles in space;
3) to perfect methods of reentry and landing the spacecraft at a pre-selected land-landing point;
4) to gain additional information concerning the effects of weightlessness on crew members and to record the physiological reactions of crew members during long duration flights.
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