A Man on the Moon

The Apollo project was the culmination of the Soviet-American space race, the magnificently mad endeavor with no purpose other than national prestige, a twentieth century equivalent of the Great Sphinx of Giza. The Soviets were the first to orbit a satellite around the Earth, to orbit a man, and to......more

I am not a believer in the conspiracy theory of the moon landings. There were just too many people involved, and that many people simply can't be counted upon to keep their mouths shut for all these years. Perhaps I am a little biased, though. As an expatriate Yankee, one who is shamed and saddened b......more

Revisited upon watching PBS' "Chasing The Moon" at the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Tells the story of the lucky few who have walked on the moon in a way that humanizes the characters and dramatizes (perhaps melodramatizes) the events. Certainly a worthy successor to Tom Wolfe's The Right St......more