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I kind of never thought too much about the moon landing until SpaceX hype and the book The Martian got me interested in the skies. Someone here recently posted
by mrspeaker 9y ago
I kind of never thought too much about the moon landing until SpaceX hype and the book The Martian got me interested in the skies. Someone here recently posted http://www.firstmenonthemoon.com/ http://www.firstmenonthemoon.com/ which is a collection of video, audio, and data streams synced in real time of the landing. It's so exhilarating and amazing. And it was the 60s! It was just so rock and roll, an incredible feat.
- abecedarius 9y agoIf you visit Huntsville you can see an Apollo up close. (The guidance computer too.) It was a holy relic to me, and I'm not even religious.
- Rebelgecko 9y agoI'm pretty sure my heart rate was consistently higher than Neil Armstrong's just from the stress of watching that
- acavalcante80 9y agoI know it's weird, but I love hear these audios while I'm coding and working!
- keithpeter 9y agoI grew up with the bleep. And those calm American voices. (UK)
- jweather 9y agoThen SomaFM's Mission Control station may interest you: https://somafm.com/missioncontrol/ https://somafm.com/missioncontrol/
- rwmj 9y agoYou'll want to read this book which goes into extreme technical detail about how the Apollo mission worked: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apollo-Springer-Praxis-Books-Exploration/dp/0387716750/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apollo-Springer-Praxis-Books-Explor...
- keithpeter 9y agoTrack down a copy of Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith. Both paper and electrons.