[Coco] Distance

[Wes]

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
> only 12 people have walked on the moon, but 24 have been "on or near"
> the moon... so 12 have been close but not walked on it.  If the
> question is simply who has been farthest from home, I think all 24
> would be "tied" more or less, even if they didn't get to have a stroll
> on the surface.
>

Right, it's basically a tie, but I remember hearing that the 3 members
of the Apollo 13 crew topped them all. Because of their need to get
home quickly, their trajectory carried them behind the moon at a
higher altitude above the lunar surface than normal.

Wes