Jan 07, 2011 09:30:00

Topless, playmate gravure on Apollo 12 with mischief on the ground crew until the moon

Apollo 12 succeeded in soft landing on the moon in 1969. PLAYBOY 's gravure is hidden in the checklists and cue cards that each of the three crew members refer to during the mission, due to the small consideration from the ground crew that the crew members who are far away from their hometown do not feel lonely. He said he succeeded in shocking the crew during his mission on the moon.

Among the gravure, the only one that the color gravure went to the moon as it is, not the reduced copy, the calendar photo of the playmate of 'Miss August' set on the cue card of the command ship 'Yankee Clipper' is the command ship. It is being put up for auction by pilot Richard Gordon.

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Apollo 12 launched from the Kennedy Space Center on November 14, 1969.

Three crew members. From left, Captain

Pete Conrad , Commander Richard Gordon , and Alan Bean Lunar Module .

The mission insignia bears the names of the three crew members, all of whom are drawn from the background of being from the Navy. The four stars are said to represent three crew members and astronaut

Clifton Williams , who crashed and died during training. Williams was training as a reserve crew member for Apollo 9 with Conrad and Gordon, and if all went well, he was supposed to be the Apollo 12 lunar module operator, but in October 1967, he was a T-38 trainer. He crashed due to an instrument failure and died without going to space.

The mission of Apollo 12 is to have Gordon remain on the lunar orbit command module while Conrad and Bean land on the moon, and then rejoin. Conrad and Bean wore a checklist on their wrists during the EVA1 and EVA2 extravehicular activities, such as getting out of a lunar lander and collecting moon rocks. A reduced copy of the gravure was hidden.

A playmate who smiles at the crew members who have landed on the moon, 'Seen any interesting hills and valleys?' It should have eased the tension and delicacy of astronauts walking on the moon by themselves.

On the other hand, Gordon who drifts alone in the lunar orbit should be lonely ... So, the cue card used by Gordon during this mission was mixed with the gravure of

'Miss August' DeDe Lind. This is what will be put up for auction this time. DeDe Lind, whose swimsuit is sexy, is 'Miss August' in 1967, but this calendar is from November 1969, when the mission took place.

On the back of the 4.5 inch x 6.25 inch (about 11.5 x 15.9 cm) card, there is also a velcro strap for fixing inside the command ship. Autographed by command ship operator Richard Gordon with the words 'Flown on Apollo XII (boarding Apollo 12)'.

The authenticity guarantee that went to the moon is signed by Gordon, who kept this cue card in commemoration of the mission.

It also comes with a 8.5 'x 11' (about 22 x 28 cm) photo signed by model DeDe Lind. 'Pete (Conrad) and Al (Bean) left the great Dick (Richard's nickname, the jargon of the male genitals) in the lunar orbit,' he said.

The set of cue card, signed photo, and warranty card has a winning bid of $ 1000 (about 83,000 yen) and is on

sale at 'RR Auction Space Auction ', which will start bidding on January 13, 2011.

The command ship 'Yankee Clipper', which safely returned to Earth on November 24, 1969, is currently on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, Virginia.