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The third marker in the walk leading up to the Mercury monument. It reads:

Jules Verne's mythical journey to the moon in the 1880s was similar to the Apollo 11 launched on July 16, 1969.

• Both had three man crews
• Both landed in the Pacific Ocean
• Both used retro-rockets for descent
• Both flights blasted off from central Florida
• Florida and Texas sought control of both missions
• Spacecraft dimensions were approximately the same
• Astronauts in both were secured in couches at launch
• Verne's craft was Columbiad - Apollo 11 was Columbia
• Air in both crafts was recycled through potash to absorb CO₂
• Columbiad had a crewman named Ardan - Columbia had Aldin [sic]