India is the most recent country to place a flag here. Where?
A: The Moon
India landed an unmanned orbiter on the moon in 2008, becoming the fourth country to put a flag there after the US, the former Soviet Union, Japan and China. The European Space Agency also has a flag on the moon.
These cost about $29 million per pound to acquire and deliver. What?
A: Moon rocks
The Apollo program cost roughly $25 billion and the moon missions brought back more than 840 pounds of moon rocks.
There are 20 of these left on the moon. What?
A: Boots
According to National Geographic, 10 pairs of boots worn during the Apollo missions were left on the moon. Something about leaving them to compensate for the additional weight from the moon rocks the astronauts collected to bring back to Earth.
The first meal eaten here included bacon, sugar cookies, peaches and coffee. Eaten where?
The moon
According to the NASA website the first meal on the moon consisted of four bacon squares, three sugar cookies, peaches, pineapple-grapefruit drink and coffee.
James Irwin is the only man to have walked on the moon that was never one of these. What?
A: Boy Scout
The other 11 men to walk on the moon were all Boy Scouts
