{"id":17632,"date":"2020-10-24T21:30:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasas-boeing-built-moon-rovers-are-granted-washington-state-landmark-status\/"},"modified":"2020-10-24T21:30:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T13:30:41","slug":"nasas-boeing-built-moon-rovers-are-granted-washington-state-landmark-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasas-boeing-built-moon-rovers-are-granted-washington-state-landmark-status\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Boeing-built moon rovers are granted Washington state landmark status"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_589655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-589655\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-589655\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201024-rover3-630x439.jpg\" alt=\"Lunar rover\" width=\"630\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201024-rover3-630x439.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201024-rover3-1260x878.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201024-rover3-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201024-rover3-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201024-rover3.jpg 2040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-589655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apollo 17\u2019s lunar rover sits at its resting place at the Taurus-Littrow landing site in 1972. (NASA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three hot rods on the moon are now official Washington state historic landmarks, thanks to a unanimous vote by a state commission.<\/p>\n<p>The thumbs-up, delivered on Friday during a virtual public hearing organized by the Washington State Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, provided state landmark status to the rovers that Boeing built at its facilities in Kent, Wash., and that NASA sent to the moon for the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions.<\/p>\n<p>King County awarded similar status more than a year ago, but the state commission\u2019s 9-0 vote \u2014 delayed for several months due to the coronavirus outbreak \u2014 literally takes the landmarks to the next level. The rovers are now eligible for listing in the Washington Heritage Register.<\/p>\n<p>California and New Mexico set the precedent for declaring landmarks on the moon. Those states laid claim to the artifacts left behind at the Apollo 11 site at Tranquility Base, by virtue of their connection to the folks who built them in those states.<\/p>\n<p>Washington state\u2019s connection to the rovers widens the range of lunar landmark locales to the Hadley-Apennine region (Apollo 15 in 1971), the Descartes Highlands (Apollo 16 in 1972) and the Taurus-Littrow region (Apollo 17 in 1972).<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"NASA Lunar Rovers: Kent, WA Landmarks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PesaCX5A2s0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In ILoveKent\u2019s report on Friday\u2019s hearing, Kent Mayor Dana Ralph is quoted as saying the rovers give her city a sense of \u201cimmense pride for our community, and show the innovation that went on and continues in Kent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fresh attention shines a spotlight not only on Kent\u2019s past contributions to the space effort, but also on the current contributions to lunar exploration being made by Blue Origin, the Kent-based space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also served as an inspiration to our young students,\u201d Ralph said. \u201cAnd this is a recognition of ingenuity and innovation that gives us an opportunity to tell this historic story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s action doesn\u2019t confer any added legal protection to the lunar sites, and the federal government doesn\u2019t have a process for creating national monuments on the moon. In fact, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty rules out making a national claim on lunar territory. However, preservation of historic sites and artifacts on the moon is one of the requirements of the Artemis Accords, which nations are required to accept in order to join NASA\u2019s Artemis moon program.<\/p>\n<p>Astronauts and history buffs won\u2019t be able to visit the landmarks until years from now, but you don\u2019t have to go to the moon to see a lunar rover: Seattle\u2019s Museum of Flight has a Boeing-built engineering mockup on display, and the city of Kent had a kid-friendly mockup of the rover built to put in a park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update for 1 a.m. PT Oct. 26:<\/strong> The folks at For All Moonkind point out that technically speaking, it\u2019s the rovers that have landmark status, and not their resting places. We\u2019ve revised some references to make that clearer:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1320467943411646464&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2020%2Fresting-places-boeing-built-moon-rovers-win-washington-state-landmark-status%2F&amp;sessionId=a3564f5df9d905bf6690378eac4141e3ac7d9ae2&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1320467943411646464\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782799043442427757=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great article @b0yle-but words are important! The rovers can have State landmark status, their &#8220;resting places&#8221; cannot-those words sound like a territorial grab! @ForAllMoonkind is working obtain universal recognition of these artifacts and their sites.  https:\/\/t.co\/GElQzkEwn4<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 For All Moonkind (@ForAllMoonkind) October 25, 2020<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For further details, check out the 77-page application for heritage recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apollo 17\u2019s lunar rover sits at its resting place at the Taurus-Littrow landing site in 1972. (NASA Photo) Three hot rods on the moon are now official Washington state historic landmarks, thanks to a unanimous vote by a state commission. 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