Showing posts with label 1969-08-03. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1969-08-03. Show all posts

Monday, October 26, 2020

No Longer Vassals?

From the August 3, 1969 Tulsa World, we learn that Apollo has vanquished superstition!

Yeah, right (insert "fail" trombone sound effect).

Sometimes I think space is the most wondrous adventure EVER.  Then I look at how we treat each other on Earth and think of how CS Lewis feared mankind exporting his hatefulness out into the rest of the universe.  

What do YOU think?  See you back here on Monday, I hope!
  

Monday, September 14, 2020

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!