Peanuts by Charles Schulz for March 13, 1969
March 12, 1969
March 14, 1969
Transcript:
The World Famous Astronaut sits on the doghouse at night and thinks, "Here's The World Famous Astronaut approaching the moon . ."<BR><BR> The World Famous Astronaut continues to think, "Fantastic!"<BR><BR> The World Famous Astronaut looks down and thinks, "It looks like a dirty beach . . ."<BR><BR> Snoopy thinks, "Or has someone already said that?"<BR><BR>
Stormwyrm about 7 years ago
The description originally came from Apollo 8 astronaut James A. Lovell: “It looks like plaster of Paris, like dirty beach sand with lots of footprints in it.” At the time this strip was made they had gotten closest to the moon.