No Longer Forgotten

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World:

Of course, Collins earned just as important a place in history as those other two guys.

Next week, gators!

  

Ads from the August 1, 1969 TIME -- part 1

A lot of companies rushed to congratulate Apollo and the good ol' USA on the Moon landing.

See you next Monday, friends!

  

Say Goodbye to the Moon!

Here's the front page (and the continued-inside stories) of the July 21, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise.

Did you watch the Moon lift-off?  See you next Monday.  Welcome to 2021!

  

She of Little Faith and Many Years!

From the August 18, 1969 Tulsa World:

She no longer doubts the Moon landings!

See you next year!  (Get it?  Next Monday is next year.)

  

LOOK Magazine: Apollo and Beyond!

From the July 15, 1969 Look:

I don't have access to a large scanner.  Hence the cobbled-together images seen above.  My apologies to any offended sensibilities.

This is an elsewhere-sourced view of the complete Rockwell NASA-rama.

See you next Monday!  Until then, Merry Christmas to all of you on the Good Earth!

   

I Joined the Aero Space Reading Club! Did You?

This was in 1967.  I'm sure this was one of the many subtle ways the US Government encouraged our generation to investigate and/or invest our lives in science and tech.

I remember Rabbit Hill but not its sequel.  As you might imagine, I devoured Hardy Boys mysteries, as well as Jay William's Danny Dunn series.

The above is a 1967 depiction of a rocket's trip to the moon.

The last book on the list, a Man from U.N.C.L.E. juvenile tie-in from Whitman, was only a foretaste of the Ace "adult" paperbacks and tons of other U.N.C.L.E. merch -- an addiction which remains to this day!

I couldn't find much online evidence of the Aero Space Reading Club.  A couple of pins (I never got one) -- and one newspaper mention.

This is from a 1969 newspaper in Chambersberg, PA.

See you next Monday!

  

Selenology

From the September 5, 1969 Time:

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

 See you again on Monday, Moon Friends.

  

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!

  

Quotable Women

It's from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

See you next Monday!

  

Where Did They Go?

From the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World:

One wonders what "computer" in 1969 helped these guys make their predictions!

See you next Monday.

  

On von Braun's Passing

From June 1977, here's an editorial write-up and article about the passing of rocketry legend Werner von Braun.

He may have been the chief beneficiary of Operation Paperclip, through which the scientists who enabled Nazi weaponry were co-opted by Allied powers.

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!

  

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!

  

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!

Three Moonish Cartoons

The above is the syndicated Berry's World from the Examiner-Enterprise of July 20, 1969.  The joke is that the cooped-up astronauts would want to spend MORE time together.

The one above is from the August 11, 1969 Tulsa World.  Shocking male buttocks!

Back to July.  The cartoon above is from July 21, 1969's Examiner-Enterprise.

See you next Monday!

  

"Spirit of Apollo" Poster

The August 22, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise carried this ad for a poster:

And this is the poster:

I had one on the back side of my bedroom door until high-school graduation.

See you next Monday!

  

Beware of Fake Moon Dust!

And don't buy Neil Armstrong's dandruff, either!  See you next Monday.  Until then, check out these articles about creating fake moon dust on purpose:

From nasa.gov

From space.om

Suing over moon dust

Auctioned moon dust

To the moon, baby!

  

We Work with Apollo, So Buy Our Products!

These two ads from the September 12, 1969 issue of Time are only two of the myriads of self-pufferies by many of the companies which either provided tech or advice to Apollo ... or companies which, like the "official sponsors" of sports teams nowadays, bought their way in.

Now, General Dynamic has a valid trumpet to toot.

Rand McNally is more of a stretch, although they did print (in 1968) an "official" map of the moon, which I'll share in due time.

See you next Monday with something mundane or momentous, but definitely of lunar importance! 

  

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!

  

It's a Dead Moon, But Full of Spirit!

From the August 8, 1969 Tulsa World:

See you next Moon-Day!