When Victoria Vesna mentioned the fact that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent 3 hours on the moon documenting, I was immediately reminded of Google Earth’s documentation of the Moon and Mars. Google Earth have also mapped the stars. From a design standpoint, their map of the stars is very poorly designed. What also came to mind was Moon Museum, a small ceramic tile containing the artworks of Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and other. The tile was placed on the moon during the visit by Apollo 12. I find it upsetting yet also comical that Warhol, when being able to draw the first piece to go on the moon, chose to draw a penis. An artwork that was referenced in our resources was Cosmic Dancer. The piece, created by Arthur Woods, was a geometric piece of metal that danced in space, and signified the early beginning of art and space combining. Another piece of artwork that i thought was absolutely beautiful was Azuma Makoto’s E
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