What if Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin never made it off the moon? How would the public have been told? Following on from the recent death of President Nixon’s speech writer, William Safire, here is his most eloquent speeches that never was.
Moon landing
Guy Rundle: Stuff the Moon, stuff Mars, let’s go to the stars
Mars? We’d barely notice we’d got to Mars. The Moon? A commuter jump. Guy Rundle sets his sights higher.
VIDEO: If today’s news outlets covered the moon landing
How would Fox, CNN et al. cover man’s first walk on the moon if it happened today? SlateV make an educated guess: with Twitter, holograms and inane vox pops.
The space race — over before it began
The American space program, the greatest, grandest, most Promethean — O.K. if I add “godlike”? — quest in the history of the world, died in infancy at 10:56 p.m. New York time on July 20, 1969, writes Tom Wolfe.
All the conspiracy theories are true!
Political Analysts from the First Dog On The Moon Institute can prove it!
Five reasons we know the moon landing was real
Still a moon landing skeptic? AskMen count down five top pieces of evidence that man really did set foot on the moon.
1969: not just the moon landing
When man first walked on the moon, he did so against the backdrop of creativity, chaos, violence and hope that defined the ’60s. The NYT revisits 1969.
Fashions on the field: space suits
A collection of photos from the US National Air and Space Museum’s exhibition of Apollo 11 artifacts, featuring some of the wackier space suit fashions of the ’60s.
Buzz Aldrin: satellite of solitude
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin tells the story of Apollo 11 and the “magnificent desolation” of walking on the moon.
The Apollo 11 photos you don’t see
There are many classic photos of the Apollo 11 moon mission, and some that get overlooked, writes Ben Sandilands.
Forget about the moon, let’s fix Earth first
“What the hell do we have to show for manned space exploration besides neat pictures and a brief feeling of patriotic goodwill in the middle of Vietnam?” asks Gawker. Space isn’t going anywhere soon — why not fix problems on Earth before we start wrecking other planets.
VIDEO: Landing the Eagle
Footage of Neil Armstrong successfully landing the lunar module, with commentary by space expert Christopher Riley.
Meeting Neil Armstrong
Ben Sandilands recalls the time he interviewed Neil Armstrong — and how the sub-editors left out the best bit.
The original moonwalk: 40 years on
In honour of the original moonwalk on 20 July 1969, Crikey intern Josh Taylor looks at some of the best stories about the day Neil and Buzz landed and what’s happened since.
Video of the Day: Walking on the Moon restored
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, NASA released partially restored video of a series of 15 memorable moments from the July 20 moonwalk.
Listen to the Apollo 11 radiocast
Celebrate 40 years since Neil Armstrong took one small step for man by listening to the Apollo 11 radiocast in real time.
