I got zilch.
So I'll probably put up a couple of posts here on the subject as the day matures, and I'll probably continue to commemorate milestones from 40 years ago as they roll by for the next few days. As I said in an earlier post, "It really was all that."
But I came across this article at BBC, and it seemed like an appropriate first salute to the occasion: a optimistic and awe-inspiring look at our plans to return. The above pair of pictures is from the bottom of the article; if you don't have time to read it, at least click over, scroll to the bottom, and read the stats on these two landers. Here's a teaser:
Apollo 'Eagle' lunar lander
Crew size: 2
Surface duration: 3 days
Altair lunar lander
Crew size: 4
Surface duration: 7-210 days
And just to make sure I don't forget, I have been planning on putting this up from the moment I started thinking about this anniversary. Click for full-sized, explicit amazement, and thank The Onion for covering this. (Today's issue is a very funny, "We sold the paper to China" edition)
1 comment:
The Onion headline says it all.
Sometimes they're more "real" than the real media. :)
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