The Apollo 11 Moon landing brought out a fair degree of, shall we say, fanciful predictions for the future of space exploration from a number of science fiction writers, including Ray Bradbury.
After leaving Frost’s “party,” he took a taxi to CBS’s studio, where the author was interviewed by Mike Wallace. “This is an effort to [...]
The future of space exploration turned out to be science fiction
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 20 July, 2009 to the comment subset
Some more awesome Apollo 11 photos
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 17 July, 2009 to the photography subset
Obligatory Apollo 11 related link of the day: a collection of photos taken before, during, and after the mission. The shots taken in the vicinity of the Moon that also feature Earth are among the most stunning in my opinion.
Would you believe they found 40 year old footage of Apollo 11?
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 16 July, 2009 to the comment subset
“Greatly improved video imagery” from the Apollo 11 Moon mission that has apparently been locked away for the last 40 years will be released later today, being of course the 40th anniversary of the flight’s launch.
The release will feature 15 key moments from Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s historic moonwalk using what is believed [...]
Replaying the Apollo 11 Moon mission
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 14 July, 2009 to the events subset
To mark the 40th anniversary of the mission, the John F. Kennedy Museum and Library launches We Choose The Moon, which will effectively “replay” the entire flight starting from the launch countdown.
WeChooseTheMoon.org – goes live at 8:02 a.m. Thursday, 90 minutes before the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla. It [...]
There is an estimated 176 tonnes of space junk lying on the Moon
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 26 June, 2009 to the comment subset
An inventory of the various space craft and probes that were either left on the Moon, or have crash landed there since the beginning of the space program.
The hardest part of any flight, especially Apollo 11, the landing
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 25 June, 2009 to the comment subset
From a longer piece on the demise of interplanetary travel and exploration, a paragraph describing the actual landing of the Apollo 11 lunar module, Eagle.
Landing any craft that is in flight is always a tricky task, compounded in the case of the Apollo Moon missions by the fact there are no second chances, overshoots, [...]
We can fake a Moon landing but can we fake Moon rocks?
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 8 June, 2009 to the comment subset
Ten of the best conspiracy theories, including of course, the “faked” Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Glen Nagle of the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex says he spends much of his time setting the doubters straight, as the idea the Moon landing was a hoax seems to be gaining traction.
But what does Nagle tell moon-landing doubters? Does [...]
