Now That's Optimistic

In this article from the July 20, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, we learn that the Apollo astronauts weren't cut-rate fictional spies with cyanide in hollow tooths.

The first sentence-paragraph spells out the quiet heroism of these guys.  Spend your last hours, if necessary, helping somebody else, not bailing out like a coward.

See you next Monday, fellow aspirational brave ones!

  

The Vatican, Hell, and the Moon

What a trifecta of excitement!

Both articles are from the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World.  See you next Monday!

  

He Studied, Then Quit

 This article from the July 27, 1969 Tulsa World reports on the strange resignation of the leader of the "Moon Studies" team.

You can read all about him here.  Hess had quite a career besides NASA.  The resignation wasn't much of a speedbump for him.

See you next week.  Generally speaking, I advised you NOT to quit!

  

M-O-O-N! That Spells Moon, Oklahoma!

I hate to point this out, but today's article is incorrect in one respect.  Moon, Oklahoma, is in SE Oklahoma, not "southwest."  It's just a tad west of the OK-Arkansas border.

It became slightly notorious around 1969, as shown in the above article from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

See you next week.

  

Make Sure Your Report Is Typed Cleanly, with Three Carbons!

As seen in the August 12, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, the astronauts of Apollo 11 couldn't go on a summer vacation without having to write a report about it.

Please join us next Monday!  I haven't yet decided what our report will be about, though ...