Apr 29 1972
From The Space Library
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young, Charles M. Duke, Jr., and Thomas K. Mattingly II were greeted by crowd of 2500 persons at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and presented copper plaques bearing etching of Hawaii's state capitol. Young said mission's success "shows the real teamwork that's going to keep this country great. We really enjoyed the trip . . . but we sure are glad to be back." (AP, W Star, 4/30/72, A3)
Washington Post editorial commented on Apollo 16: ". . . what has struck us about the moon flights is that so little has gone wrong and how much of what has gone wrong has been correctable. It is a sad commentary about the quality of life on earth when it takes days to fix a television set or a refrigerator while it takes only hours to analyze and overcome an electronic flaw in a craft that is circling the moon." (W Post, 4/29/72, A18)
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