Double-Timing It

This came from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

Somebody can tell me if this prognostication ever took place.  Did Apollo 12 really spend twice the time on the Moon than 11 did?

See you next week.

  

But Is It Expeditious?

That's a joking riff on the Prairie Home Companion's Powder Milk Biscuits:  "They're Tasty and expeditious."  This article is from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

However, their diet did NOT contain "Space Food Sticks."  While I bought some about five years ago (and ate them all), one blogger reports they've been discontinued.

Such as progress, me hearties!  See you next Monday.

  

Sharing the Trouble

You've gotta have a certain attitude or mindset for a vocation like the military, race-car driver, parachutist, or astronaut (which sort of combines all-of-the-above!). This is from the November 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

To me it ain't a "normal" person who can survey the disaster and take corrective action, as here and the next Apollo Mission.  In some ways, to cope with such messes you gotta be supranormal.

See you next week!

  

Designer Clothes Indeed

As you might imagine, space duds cost a pretty penny.

While reading this article from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World, remember that these were 1969 dollars!  According to the American Institute for Economic Research, one of those $30,000 spacesuits would cost $239,223.43 in 2022!

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Hard to Guard!

 After tales of Space Horror like 1968's The Green Slime and 1958's It! The Terror from Beyond Space, and considering the smallpox plague on Amerindians, it was only prudent to isolate astronauts after their return from the Great Beyond.

Please join me in being thankful that there were no 22-day space viruses!

  

This is from the July 25, 1969 issue of Time.  See you next week!

  

Getcher Timetable Right Hyar

From the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World, this was how things were supposed to go for Apollo 11.

Are there any historians out there to tell us if everything went exactly on time?  Until such notification, come back next week for a brand-new something.

  

Priorities and Spin-Offs

That's what these pages from Time's August 1, 1969 issue discuss.

See you next Monday, fellow splashers.

  

How Do You Guard Against the Unknown?

You'll find out in this article from the July 25, 1969 Time.

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53 Years Ago Today

Yep, this article is from the August 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

I wonder if those guys at Mobil in Dallas have figured everything out yet?

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Not Just a Tulsa Dream!

This July 22, 1969 article from the Tulsa World mentions a 1961 conference in T-Town, called "the First National Conference on Peaceful Uses of Space."

Wish I coulda been there!  Were any of you there?

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Mysteries Solved, Questions Raised

Here are a couple of pages from the August 1, 1969 issue of Time:

See you next Monday with more mysteries.

  

Moon Bugs, Not June Bugs!

From the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World:

See you next Monday!  I wonder if descendants or families of these "Tulsa scientists" still reside in the vicinity?

  

Their Eyes Are Open, but Do They See?

From this vantage point in time, I'll let you decide!

It's from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.  See you next week!

  

Apollo 12 Delayed?

This is from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

Doesn't it seem incongruous?  The rationale was that if Apollo 11 failed, Apollo 12 would launch on such-and-such date, but Apollo 11's success made Apollo 12 less urgent.  Does that make sense to you?

See you next week!

   

The Emerging Face of the Moon -- Peek-a-Boo!

From the August 8, 1969 Time Magazine:

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No Picnic -- But No Ants Either!

From the July 15, 1969 issue of Look:

Thank You Wiley Post!

His pressure suit inspired the NASA guys!

It's from the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World.  See you next week.

  

Selenology

From the September 5, 1969 Time:

It's primordial, man!  Don't mess with it!

 See you again on Monday, Moon Friends.

  

Apollo 11's Progress!

From the July 22, 1969 Bartlesville, OK Examiner-Enterprise.

It's the entirety of page 8.   Apologies for the varied color density, it was scanned in pieces and re-assembled into one image.

See you next Monday!

  

Space Station Above the Moon? If Only!

This bit of speculation was printed in the Tulsa World on that magic Sunday, July 20, 1969.

I know I would have loved to see such a thing!  (as shown on TV, of course)

See you next Monday!