Apollo 8 Couldn't Have Happened Without Him!

That is, without the father of  Astronaut William Anders, the journey of Apollo 8 woulda been really different!.  Read all about it in this clipping from the August 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

See you again right here next Monday, fellow Lunians!

  

Banished, I Tell You!

This is from the August 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

Maybe one of you Moon Mavens can enlighten the rest of us, if you know the background, or any follow-up to this news story.

We DO know that the sole remaining "possible" moon voyager mentioned in this article, Harrison (Jack) Schmitt, DID make it to the moon, on Apollo 17, in December 1972, the last time anybody walked on our lunar companion.  According to Wikipedia, he's the "only person without a background in military aviation to have walked on the Moon."

See you next week!

  

Look Out for Drink Boosters!

In this article from the August 21, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, we learn the perils of a Moon landing might land on those who wanted liquor-by-the-drink in Oklahoma.

You know, that "Lunar holiday" is one more thing to blame ol' Tricky Dick for!  As if most folks needed something else ...

See you Monday for another clipping.  Hope it doesn't drive you to drink!

  

Inflation Strikes Again!

A blind legacy for the First Man on the Moon shrinks in the wash!

As you can see, this notice is from the August 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

Five seconds of interweb search tells us that 100,000 francs nowadays is about $106,000.  And $106,000 in 1891 is worth $3,304,823.74 today.

Not bad.  See you next week.