I was twelve years old in July 1969. Like most American kids, I was surrounded by the impetus of our nation's race into space. And I was thrilled that mankind's journey to the Moon would happen in my lifetime!
I assembled a scrapbook.
And my (still) unironic self created a heroic splash page!
Besides the dozens of articles glued into its construction-paper pages, I have another couple of dozen newspaper clippings just TOO BIG to cut-and-paste into the scrapbook. Most of my sources were the Examiner-Enterprise of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and the Tulsa World.
We've also got some multi-page excerpts from newsmagazines like Time, Newsweek, and Life.
Not everything is limited to Apollo. There'll be some considerations of space shuttles and other planets, too -- all as covered by the news outlets of the time.
With over 100 images to share, I promise to make one new post every Monday, until I run out! (That's MOON-DAY for us Baby Boomers!) These posts will not be made in chronological sequence.
Thanks to the immortality of the interwebs, folks a zillion Moon-Days from now will be able to appreciate the awe, the grandeur, and sometime silliness of America's dash to the Moon ... and a few steps beyond.
Like the human condition, there's human interest, science, and tomfoolery in these here images. That's humanity for ya!
See you next Moon-Day.
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