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The Observatory
The Flag Story
Accidental Journey
Farside
Moon Treaty
Proviso
[Photographs | Tim O'Riley] [click on the images to progress]
I had written to Michael Collins a couple of times, care of NASA and one of the recent publishers of his autobiography but I am not entirely sure these letters ever reached him. My final, last-ditch attempt to contact the former astronaut, however, met with success and as I was finalising work on this book I unexpectedly received a brief but gracious note from him, written in the margin of my original letter. Putting my surprise and excitement to one side, I read with amusement and something akin to relief that he was unable to recall the Irish flag or illuminate its journey to Dublin by way of the moon. Its provenance remains unknown, to me at least, and I have no plans to disturb this uncertainty.
All works © Tim O'Riley 2009. All photographs © their respective authors.