This has nothing to do with anything I normally post, but I was blown away by a colleague who told me that the biggest joke of the movie Airplane, most people do not know……it is really based on a serious movie done in 1957 called Zero Hour.
You can also read more about the relationship HERE.
This is a sad state of affairs but more US kids would rather be a YouTube Star than an Astronaut.
This graphic Sums up the survey:
The full article for Ars Technica is available HERE
A wonderful podcast on the history of the Apollo program. Also puts the push to the moon in historical context. If you are a space history buff…this podcast is for you!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/apollo-11-what-we-saw/id1471188269
I was able to attend the “Apollo Memories” Lecture and showing of “Apollo 11” (long/extended version) with Memphis’s own Bill Weppner, NASA flight controller for Apollo missions 7 through 13.
At the end he had a slide of links to videos and I thought I would post them here:
Early days of the space age – Rocket Failures:
NASA TV footage of the launch of Apollo 8 the first manned launch of the Saturn V rocket:
Saturn V Apollo 8 Launch (HD):
NASA | Earthrise: The 45th Anniversary:
This American Life – The Not So Great Unknown – So Over the Moon: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/655/the-not-so-great-unknown/act-one-4
I was also unaware that the version of “Apollo 11” showing at the Pink Palace was the short version……at this event, they showed the extended version (although on a smaller screen). I am glad I have now seen both versions!
I took some pictures at the event….you can see them HERE.
The Department of Physics and Materials Science at the University of Memphis will host an evening of “Apollo Memories” Tuesday, July 16, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. A reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the University Center atrium. Bill Weppner, NASA flight controller for Apollo missions 7 through 13, will share his memories at 6 p.m. in the UC Theater. A screening of the film Apollo 11 will follow at 6:45 p.m. in the Theater. The 90-minute documentary was released in March.
Weppner is retired from the U.S. Air Force and is an associate professor of mathematics at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
The event is free and open to the public.
http://nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/data-and-music-what-50-years-of-exploring-our-moon-sounds-like via #NASA_APP
