There is a reason Gene Cernan is my favorite astronaut.

Gene Cernan did a LOT more than just be the last person on the Moon. He was one of the first to take all the big risks and was the first to actually go to the moon and fly above its surface even if he didnt land. He actually TRAVELED to the moon twice and may be the only astronaut to do that.

He did the second american spacewalk which is like stepping out of a one million story building on earth without a parachute.



Think about that for a minute because we just take it all for granted but those things were routinely blowing up then.



First they strap you to a bomb in a tin can. It is the same type of bomb that blew up on the launch pad a few times. Then they lite the bomb on fire. Then they get you to to the top of a million story building in the deadly vacuum of outerspace

and then they ask you to step OUTSIDE of the tin can without a parachute. Now keep in mind the earth looks and is far far below you. Not flat like in this photo of his Gemini 9 capsule. It LOOKS like you would fall.

More about the mission Gene Cernan's Gemini 9 mission

Gene Cernan flew the first lunar lander around the moon and JUST above surface of the moon in Apollo 10 although nasa didnt give him enough fuel to land because they were afraid he would. He tested this untested machine 300,000 miles away from earth and was the first one who did that. He was minutes from landing on the moon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_10

This is how close Gene Cernan got in Apollo 10 before Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong would still have been smelling his farts if Cernan had not been a gentleman.

Interestingly Gene's lunar module is the only one still in one piece. His was put into solar orbit and is still there somewhere but no one knows here. All the other lunar modules were intentionally crashed back down on the moon's surface to give the moon seismometers an impact for moon analysis.

Then he landed in Apollo 17 and spent more than 3 days on the moon with three 7 hr moon expeditions outside the capsule driving and walking around. The most of any person ever. Its fair to say he and his crew mate on the moon were the MOST Moon of any Moon men.

Pictures http://www.google.com/search?q=apollo+17&tbm=isch

Videos

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=vid&q=apollo+17+-hoax