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.

   

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.

  

Trust Your Instincts?

This rumination on space, Earth, and her peoples is from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

See you next week, fellow terranauts!

  

... And ... They're Back!

Back from the Moon, that is!

This is coverage from the August 4, 1969 Newsweek.

  

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!

  

Shame-Faced Trekkies

I mean, REALLY!

They should be ashamed!

This squib is from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

  

Acclaimed They Should Be!

It's from the August 12, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise.

See you next week.

  

You Too Can Stamp the Moon!

Or something like that.

It's from the July 20, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise.  It's only appropriate that a stamp commemorating a Moon shot is for Air Mail, eh?

Talk to you next week!

  

Where's the Fiddle?

This is from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

Regarding the title of this post, I ask that because every time I think of the phrase "complacency bad," I hear it in Boris Karloff's voice as the Frankenstein Monster.

"Complacency BAD!  Drink GOOD!"  And then the blind hermit plays his fiddle.

See you next Monday.

  

A Distant View

As narrated in this article from the July 20, 1969 Tulsa World, three astronauts surveyed the Moon from on high.

See you next Monday.

  

Tense, Ecstatic, and a Few More Adjectives

But not all of them were printable.

You know that they knew their lives would be intrusively examined before and after Apollo, but don't you bet there were plenty of times when the "space families" wished they could just let out with a burp or a cuss word, unwatched?

This article is from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.

  

Priorities and Spin-Offs

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

See you next Monday, fellow splashers.

  

Dressing Up for Halloween

This cartoon ran in the August 11, 1969 Examiner-Enterprise of Bartlesville, OK:

... But I think it's good for masquerade time too, dontcha think?  See ya next week.

  

The Return of Zond!

Just in time for Halloween, a scary-sounding space traveler:'

At least I think "Zond" sounds scary ...  (It's from the August 15, 1969 Tulsa World).

Remember, It Isn't Possible

At least that's what folks said awhile ago.

... As cited in this article from the July 22, 1969 Tulsa World.  What do you think?

  

Is the Moon Mine? It SHOULD Be One

Have we staked our claim yet?

Read this article from the August 4, 1969 Newsweek and decide for yourself.  You can read more about Dr Eugene Shoemaker here.

See you next week!

  

How Do You Guard Against the Unknown?

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

See ya next Monday.

  

Neither Planned nor Unplanned

... That's a government employee for ya!

This is from the August 13, 1969 Tulsa World.

Here's what Time had to say about Armstrong's words.  See you next Monday!

  

Two Kids Thinking

The above photo of Buzz Aldrin's kid is from the July 21, 1969 Tulsa World.

And the above pic is of Neil Armstrong's brother, from the Tulsa World of July 22, 1969.

Keep thinking deep patriotic thoughts, fellow Moon Mavens!  See you next Monday.

  

Moon Walk Under Discussion

According to this article from the August 15, 1969 Tulsa World ...

In mine own opinion, an after-banquet rubber-chicken speech in no wise could adequately cover the implications of our steps on the Moon!

Make up your own list, and I'll see you next week!