GC1MBFQ Apollo 11
Type: Mystery | Size: Other | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: DES @ | Hide Date: 02/02/2009 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 57.895 W105° 14.280 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
         

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A cache to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing

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On July 20, 2009, we marked the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first manned mission to land on the moon.

I was fortunate to be an engineer on the launch team at the Kennedy Space Center for this momentous event in history and decided this would be an appropriate time to place a cache marking this milestone.

When posting your find, it would be interesting to read your story of where you were when the landing took place (assuming you are old enough!).



The cache is NOT at the given coordinates, but is nearby.


Before heading out, determine:


day of the month Apollo 11 launched = X1 _____

day of the month Eagle landed on the Moon = X2 _____

number of crewmen aboard Apollo 11 = X3 _____

number of landing legs on Eagle = X4 _____

one third the diameter (in feet) of the Saturn V first stage = X5 _____

number of letters in the name of the city where the command module pilot was born = X6 _____

number of stages on the Saturn V rocket = X7 _____

number of letters in the name of the recovery aircraft carrier (w/o "USS")= X8 _____

number of main engines on the Saturn V second stage = X9 _____


Happy Googling!



Now, set your GPS to read decimal degrees (DDD.DDDDD)
Final coordinates of the cache are:

LAT: AR.MSTRONG

LONG: -BUZ.ZALDRIN



where


A = X5 - X7 - X9
R = X2 - X9 - X8
M = X8 + X7
S = X5 - X9
T = X3 + X7
R = X5 - X8
O = X6 - 4
N = X3 - X7
G = X6 - X4


(checksum = 38)


B = X2 - X1 - X3
U = X8 - X7 - X3
Z = X1 - X8 - X9
Z = X8 - X6
A = X5 - 8
L = X1 - 10
D = X2 - X1
R = X5 - X7
I = X6 - X4
N = X8 - X9 - 1


(checksum = 29)



Mini-micro, log only, no pen.



A 10% discount on a sample of lunar dust if you email the significance of the road name in relation to Apollo. (Please don't post the answer.)

Be aware of muggles and traffic in the area.

Additional Waypoints

06/10/2019 By EasternGirls
Found with Irid3s3nt. Signed IriGirls. TFTP

06/10/2019 By irid3sc3nt
Found with EasterGirls. Stamped "iriGirls". Super cool that you worked as an engineer there! How great is it to say that you were a part of that?

06/03/2019 By DES
Final still there, getting excited about the 50th anniversary next month.

02/02/2019 By DES
10th anniversary of cache placement.

07/20/2018 By DES
49th anniversary today of Apollo 11 landing on the moon.

07/16/2018 By DES
49th anniversary today of Apollo 11 launch.

07/10/2018 By DES
Out biking early this AM to check on some of my cache herd; final still in place.

06/08/2018 By hikeANDcache
My first mystery cache. Success! Really cool cache. Well hidden. TFTC.

05/17/2018 By Digital58
It was a nice drive to this final location. The container was exactly where described and in excellent condition. Thank you for the cache.