Astronaut Harrison Schmitt defies global warming claims

Now serving as a professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Harrison Schmitt was the last man to walk on the moon with the Apollo 17 moon mission. A geologist and a former U.S. Senator, Schmitt  recently explained to Fox Business News why the environmentalist movemet's CO2 alarmist claim is a "red herring" and why the Obama Administration's Cap and Trade effort is wrong for America.

Sen. Schmitt addressed the Heartland Institute's 25th Anniversary Dinner this past Thursday night. More on Schmitt's speech upcoming on Illinois Review.

Comments

[Mark Rhoads]

Although this comment does not bear on the merit of Mr. Shmitt's opinions, I am sorry I have to disagree with one of the historical errors in the post above. But according to NASA history, Harrison Schmitt was certainly not the last man to walk on the moon. Schmitt was the Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 17 mission and as such he did land there but he was the first of two crew members on the surface to climb back into the LEM before it took off to join the Command Module still in orbit around the moon before the trip back to Earth in December 1972. I was in Florida on Dec. 2, 1972 to see that launch and it was the only night launch ever of a Saturn V rocket. The last man to walk on the surface of the moon in 1972 was a native of Cook County. He was Navy Capt. Eugene Cernan who grew up in west-suburban Bellwood, Illinois and who attended Proviso Township High School in Maywood now called Proviso East. He also attended Northwestern University. Cernan still lives near Houston, Texas. He was honored with a lifetime Illinois Hall of Fame Award in 2001 by the Illinois State Society of Washington, DC. He won the Navy Distinguished Flying Cross and is also a member of the Space Hall of Fame.

[Chris Robling]

Right -- that distinction always gets goofed up. Typical sloppy journalism.

[Chris Robling]

btw-- Schmitt's Heartland speech was phenomenal. Glad IR will cover it.

[IR Editor]

Interesting. Sorry for the error. I heard that distinction mentioned Thursday night, and didn't hear him correct it.
Then, for the record he was one of the two last men on the moon.
Thanks, Mark.

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