The 50th anniversary of man first setting foot on the Moon is close upon us. Looking back at this documentary, it gives an expansive encapsulation of the entire mission from preparation, to lift off, to setting foot on the Moon.  And then there remained the task of managing a safe journey back to Earth.  Mind boggling!  Stunning accomplishment for the United States and the World.  Very cool, vintage documentary.  Relive this momentous event again and try not to shed a few tears when the  Eagle lunar module lands on the Moon.  Joyous!  We should do this adventure again soon!
Nice, likable fable about a race to land the first person on the Moon.  The Russians and the Americans are locked in battle again to be the first nation to get a person on the Moon.  The Americans opt for a barely space worthy civilian to represent the US in an effort to match a similarly progandistic move dreamed up by the Russians.  A last second flurry of preparation sends James Caan rocketing to the Moon with Robert Duval acting as his more experienced coach.  The whole thing is drenched in melodrama but don’t let that deter you.  You will [More]
Some ideas never seem to go away.  Over 40 years ago, there was a book documenting strange anomalies seen in NASA photographs of the Moon’s surface.  Some of the images originated from orbital surveyors, others were taken during Apollo missions to the Moon’s surface.  I have to say that some of the things supposedly seen by acute observers of unusual structures and objects on the Moon stretch credibility and take a good bit of imagination to visualize.  And then there are other images, still and motion, which are hard to figure out what the heck they are.  Anyway, here is a [More]
Edited NASA CLIPPY 071613 movie Unidentified space junk floating by the space shuttle, the Russian space station Mir, Skylab, Apollo spacecraft and transiting the Moon’s surface.  Who’s to say what these films truly reveal?  Judging by the abundance of activity displayed, space is one crowded place.