Apollo 11: Countdown Begins at T-28 hours, 14 July 1969 4:00 PM CDT
This is the first of eleven geocaches being placed in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11. These caches are being scheduled to publish at 50 years to the minute after the event each one represents. The city where they are placed has the distinction of sharing its name with the Apollo 11 Command Module, Columbia.
The crew of Apollo 11 recognized that their mission carried not just the three of them to the moon, but the hopes, dreams, and aspirations of mankind. Command Module Pilot Michael Collins designed the mission emblem to show America as an eagle carrying an olive branch of peace to the moon on behalf of the entire earth. By agreement with his fellow astronauts, their names, which would normally appear on the emblem of any mission, were not shown.
Apollo 11 was to be the culmination of everything the space program had done since President Kennedy in 1962 gave voice to the dream of sending men to the moon and returning them safely to earth before the end of the 1960s. Every mission of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs had pointed to this single pivotal moment in human history. And now, the final hours before that great journey were counting down.
T minus 28 hours and counting…
At the posted coordinates you will find a "launch vehicle" and a convenient location from which to observe. From the marker on the observation bench, you will derive the coordinates of the physical cache container hidden nearby at N 38 58.ABC W 92 22.DEF.
A = garden
B = designed
C = honor
D = This
E = she
F = as
This geocache has been placed in accordance with the published guidelines of Columbia Parks & Recreation Department, Lida M. Gochenour, Administrative Supervisor.
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