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!

  

TV Guide Covers Viewers' Reaction to the Moon Landing

From the August 27, 1967 TV Guide:

An ad from the same issue:

The films were not seen on TV because in 1969 we saw only video from the cameras pre-prepared for video uplink to Earth.  Armstrong and Aldrin took film in their own mission cameras.

Here are some more Moon letters from the next week's issue, on August 3rd:

See you next Monday for more lunar enlightenment, fellow Moon mavens!