Riegel_Haribo t1_j0k0347 wrote on December 17, 2022 at 5:38 AM

If you can't spot it in the picture, the sculpture is a little figure of person.

Conceived by astronaut David Scott. Approved for flight and placement by NASA, even in disallowing the figurine to be encased in flammable plastic.

Controversial, only because the guy that made it then tried to sell copies off the publicity. And yet he went ahead and sold them in 2019 anyway (at a now-broken gallery website that now lets you add 10000 to your cart for zero euros.)

And then signed up astronaut Al Worden to help shill them.

AmnesiaInnocent t1_j0l662y wrote on December 17, 2022 at 2:22 PM

Also controversial because the astronauts placed it face-down to symbolize the astronauts who have died, while NASA (when commissioning the replicas) wanted it upright to symbolize "humanity rising"

Grandpixbear1 t1_j0jwdue wrote on December 17, 2022 at 4:59 AM

Interesting!!

TrunkerSpecialist OP t1_j0jwliv wrote on December 17, 2022 at 5:01 AM

I thought so too! Had never heard about this.

ns930 t1_j0kpol2 wrote on December 17, 2022 at 11:20 AM

I like knowing this is up there.

dicky_seamus_614 t1_j0o864j wrote on December 18, 2022 at 4:08 AM

BuT tHe MoOn LaNdInGs WeRe fAkE

TIL there is a controversial sculpture by Belgian pop artist Paul Van Hoeydonck on the surface of the moon placed by Apollo 15 NASA astronaut David Scott

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