title: The Final Mission: Preserving NASA's Apollo Sites
author: Lisa Westwood
description: "A powerful case in favor of the need for the identification and preservation of the places that played a role in one of the greatest achievements in history."--<i><b>Space Times </i></b> <br /><br />"Details how various sites in New Mexico, Texas, California, and Florida contributed to the successful Apollo missions."--<i><b>USA Today</i></b> <br /><br />"A solid exploration of the issues at play in the preservation of historic sites associated with the Moon landings, by far the best such work available."--<i><b>Public Historian</i></b><br /><br />"Explain[s] the necessity of preserving these sites for future generations, and the ways in which the launch facilities, test sites, and even lunar sites can be properly tended."--<i><b>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br /><br />"By highlighting the Apollo program and the breadth of sites involved in developing Americas space capabilities up through the moon landings, the authors have demonstrated that the material culture of federal programs in particular should be evaluated within a far broader scope than is normally practiced."--<i><b>H-Net Reviews</i></b><br /><br />"Explore[s] the archaeological perspective of preserving sites related to the Project Apollo and moon missions. . . . thoroughly covers the details of the lunar missions and describes how many key landmarks, such as launch pads and other facilities, may no longer exist because of damage and neglect."--<b><i>Choice</b></i>
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  June 12, 128549
  
  
  Unexplored Frontier
  
  
  Beta Temple
  
  
  
  
  
  Morgan-063 and Ginsi-500289 landed on the roof of the now expanded Kiritak
  colony in Beta temple, having just returned from their exploration mission and
  caught a dropship back to base from the Caretaker subsurface network that
  spanned the massive sphere. Both Archons walked off the boarding ramp and into
  the now warm air stiff and sore, and neither one of them intended to go back
  out on a second mission unless absolutely necessary.
  
  
  Both girls wore their armor retracted, having spent far too much time in it,
  but they didn’t have to use their Rensiek to fight off the cold, for the
  environment in this region was now well above 70 degrees Fahrenheit. It hadn’t
  been near to that when they left, and Morgan was surprised at how fast the
  Temple mechanisms worked when given the basic amounts of Essence that it
  required.
  
  
  Now they knew what a lot of that Essence was used for, having mapped out an
  exten