Second-last Moonwalker Harrison Schmitt says working on the lunar surface is " very easy"

Harrison Schmitt is one of the four surviving astronauts who walked on the Moon during the Apollo missions more than 50 years ago. As the first scientist to set foot on the lunar surface, he spent three days alongside Eugene Cernan collecting rock and soil samples during the Apollo 17 mission. Speaking to the Associated Press, Schmitt reflected on his experience, saying that working on the Moon is, surprisingly, “very easy.” Images: credit: 1) Portrait of Harrison H. (Jack) Schmitt, lunar module pilot for Apollo 17 (Getty/Bettmann) 2) Schmitt using a scoop on the lunar surface during Apollo 17, December 1972 (Getty/Heritage Images) 3) Schmitt with the U.S. flag on the Moon, Apollo 17, December 1972 (Getty/Heritage Images) 4) Schmitt seated in the Lunar Roving Vehicle at Station 9 (Van Serg Crater) during EVA-3 at the Taurus-Littrow landing site (Getty/Bettmann)