More Hope, Less Skepticism Please!

From the July 25, 1969 TIME mag:

And we're still waiting for that whole "Mars and Beyond" thing!

  

It Was Russian Eyes Before Chinese Ones

Keeping in mind the lackadaisical response to last week's Chinese spy balloon which drifted leisurely across America, all the while snapping pics and hoovering phone-broadcast traffic, which were doubtless immediately beamed home to Peking ...

The above article narrates intentional braggartry on our part, to let the Russkies admire good ol' American know-how.

This clipping is from the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World.  See you next Monday!

  

Feel Free to Shout

This article from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World shows what I'm talkin' about.

Now, I didn't shout ... but I did go outside and point at the Moon and say with quiet satisfaction, "We got you."  I was 12 at the time.

  See you next Monday.

   

Shame-Faced Blogger

That's because it appears I failed you, fellow space cadets, by neglecting to post last Monday.

Above is an article from the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World to make up the deficit.  And below is something for this week:

The above is from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.  Oo-la-oui!

See you next Monday, or else!

  

Come Get Yer Moon Section, Right Hyar!

Yup, it's the "The Moon" section from TIME, August 1, 1969:

(After the above brief visit to Mission Control, that is,)

And a "primo passo" to you, big fella!  See you next Monday.

  

Neil Young, Take Note!

The singer's "Heart of Gold" was recorded in 1971, so it's possible that he was inspired partly by MOONS of Gold.

Is it even a teeny bit possible?  You decide!

By the by, this was clipped from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.  As you may read here, one of these critters was sold in March 2022 for the US equivalent of about $53,000.  And cheap at the price, I say!

God Is Safe from Arrest

Some Kenyans weren't interested in hearing about the Moon Shot, according to this brief squib from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

Assuming mankind arose in Africa, you can't argue with "We saw it first."  But I'm glad they decided to share!

See you next Monday.

  

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!

  

Russki Salutes!

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World:

See you next Monday, right?

  

Don't Be Scairt!

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

Don't worry, nothing happened like this:

Unless it's ANOTHER of those secrets NASA was hiding from us ...

See you next Monday!

  

Small Smattering of Moon Tie-Ins

All from the July 22, 1969 Examiner-Enterprise of Bartlesville, OK:

And our work, like Luna's, is completed -- for this week.  See you next Monday, space campers!

  

Our Journey Begins!

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.