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The Best For Last Addendum p. 185
THE NASA PHOTO ADDENDUM
In 1992 I originally predicted that NASA would find a way to "lose" the three color photos used in
this book. You saw this mentioned in the "Author's Notes" at the bottom of page J. I also predicted
that the photos would be obtainable. They are and are not. Read on!
The ink was barely dry on my first edition when I tried to get extra copies of the three colored photos.
For $13 apiece they had the gaul to send me three 8 by 10 glossy full color optical quality photos of
their choice. When I sent them back to get either my money or the right photos they sent me the
money and informed me that I would have to give them the new NASA numbers.
When I asked for the list of the new numbers I was told, "We lost the cross-over index."! Gee! I
wonder why a mission numbering system in place for 23 years was suddenly changed
Sometime during '99 I tried again. This time I was told that the photo sales had been privatized and
that the Bara-King Studios in Maryland now supplied the photos. In February, 2000, since I still
couldn't get the "lost" index I sent Bara-King Studios black & white copies along with $15 apiece for
the three, 8 by 10 optical quality glossy full color photos you see in this book.
They sent me the right photos. However, the photos were not 8 by 10 optical quality glossy full color
photos. Instead, they were computer derived showing grainey, blurred colors. In addition, the "C"
on the rock had been brushed out , and the size reduced to 6.75 by 7 inches.
I screamed and yelped fo my money back which they immediately returned. I kept the photos and
sent them a copy of this book so that they could see for themselves what NASA did. So ends the
saga of the "lost" numbering system.
NASA MOONED AMERICA! / Rene