Without the moon, the Earth was thrown into chaos. Oblivion 2013 starring Tom Cruise & Morgan Freeman & Olga Kurylenko & Andrea Riseborough & Nikolaj Coster-Waldau & Melisa Leo & Zoe Bell et al, director John Kosinski
This image captured by Google Moon that many major news outlets suggest could be an alien base: ‘It has these angles; it has these bright lights.’ Aliens on the Moon, The Truth Exposed, Youtube 2014, Neil Redfern
This stunning image: ‘What looks like an installation facility.’
Unknown objects carving long deep tracks into the lunar terrain. ibid.
Pipelines … bridges … machinery … tank tracks … ibid.
Is a giant alien satellite dish spying on Earth? ibid.
The most hazardous and dangerous adventure on which mankind has ever embarked. For All Mankind, Kennedy, 1989
What a ride! What a ride! ibid. astronaut
What a view! ibid.
You’re the representative of humanity at the point in history. ibid.
This is really a rugged planet. ibid.
I felt very welcome there. ibid.
Man must explore. ibid.
We felt an unseen love; we were not alone. ibid.
Our fascination with the moon has never been greater … The power of the moon shapes life on Earth. Wonders of the Moon, BBC 2018
The reason the super-moon looks bigger and brighter is because it’s closer to Earth than usual. ibid.
1965 Nasa: We’ve discovered a base on the backside of the moon … Clearly in these photographs were structures, mushroom-shaped buildings, spherical buildings, and towers. The Disclosure Project 2001, Karl Wolf, US Air Force
He said, We always airbrush these out [photographs of UFOs on the moon] before we sell ’em to the public. ibid. Donna Hare, Nasa
Are there any changes to the schedule, Marty? Apollo 11 ground control, 2019
Apollo 11 very simply has been given the mission of carrying men to the moon, landing them there and bringing them safely back. ibid. Buzz Aldrin
We have a leak in a valve located in a system associated with replenishing liquid hydrogen for the third stage of the Saturn 5 launch vehicle. ibid. controller
Magnificent ride. ibid. Neil Armstrong
Day II: There are receiving TV from the aircraft. ibid. controller
I promise to let you know if I stop breathing. ibid. Collins
July 20 1969: They are preparing to undock. ibid. dude
Columbia and Eagle reunited to become Apollo 11 again. ibid. controller
It is the farthest that anyone has ever gone. Yet humankind’s greatest adventure was also its riskiest. On every Apollo mission failure loomed. Unforeseen problems very nearly spawned tragedy. Moon Landings Declassified, National Geographic 2019
No-one foresees the tragedy that is about to unfold … Not even Grissom realises his life is in danger … Disaster strikes … A frayed wire sparks and quickly bursts into flame … The flame propels the first to the rescue … ibid.
Apollo 8: Roger. Please be informed there is a Santa Claus.
Control: Hello, Apollo 8. You’re the best ones to know. ibid.
Armstrong’s heart-rate spikes to 150 beats per minute. He must land soon or he will run out of fuel. ibid.
Apollo 12: This humongous vehicle generates its own bolt of lightning. ibid. Jay Babree, NBC
Apollo 13: The saving grace of Apollo 13 is luck. ibid.
Armstrong was an American hero albeit a reluctant one. The Armstrong Tapes, dude, National Geographic 2019
He had to do things he had not anticipated. ibid. dude #2
He was hounded so many times. ibid. dude #3
For years Armstrong has shunned the media and the limelight. ibid. dude #4
I wanted to find a combination where I can do engineering and flying both. ibid. Armstrong
On July 16th 1969 the crew of Apollo 11 embarked on the first human mission to land on the Moon. The world watched and waited as the astronauts attempted to set foot on another world for the first time. Almost every word spoken inside the spacecraft was captured on audio tape. 8 Days to the Moon and Back, BBC 2019
‘This is CBS News colour coverage of Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11. Sponsored by Kellogg’s. Kellogg’s puts more in your morning. Here from CBS News correspondent Walter Cronkite.’ ibid.
The Saturn V rockets stands 36 storeys high. At launch, 93% of its mass is propellant, with the energy equivalent of a nuclear bomb. ibid. caption
‘Is it me, or a little on the chilly side in the cabin?’ ibid.
Having journeyed more than 200,000 miles to the Moon the astronauts begin their approach with the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI). ibid. caption
The computer’s flight path is sending them towards the boulders surrounding a huge crater. Armstrong takes control. They are running out of fuel. ibid.
‘The Eagle has landed: what more could you say?’ ibid. Cronkite
‘It has a stark beauty all of its own.’ ibid. Armstrong
Three men strapped inside the most powerful rocket ever built are setting off on an epic journey that will change the world below for ever. The voyage of Apollo 11 will revolutionise science, inspire pop culture, and will make astronaut Neil Armstrong more famous than the Beatles. The Day We Walked on the Moon, ITV 2019
No-one realises how close the mission comes to failure. ibid.
The journey will take four days. Preparing for it has taken a decade. ibid.
‘It’s still magical when you watch it today.’ ibid. Cox
The news is received with wonder and rapture. ibid.
In 1969 the world watched as history was made: the crowning achievement of 400,000 men and women and hundreds of companies contracted by NASA. Four unproven teams took up the challenge to build a spacecraft, the onboard computer, the moon suit, and track it all from space. Trailblazers inventing the technology to realise humankind’s greatest achievement. Make It to the Moon: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo I, Discovery 2019
‘Weight was always an issue.’ ibid. engineer
NASA need to find a way to guide its spaceship to a destination 240,000 miles away from Earth. ibid.
Draper has committed MIT to a seemingly impossible task: they need to reinvent the computer. ibid.
NASA orders a redesign of every flammable component. ibid.
February 21 1967 is meant to be the launch of Apollo 1, the USA’s first manned mission in the race to the moon. Instead, NASA spent it sifting through the ashes of its worst disaster. Make It to the Moon: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo II
‘It couldn’t have any errors in the software.’ ibid. coder
The flaw in the code remains. ibid.
A capacity problem with the on-board computer. ibid.
January 1974: the full moon moved unusually close to the Earth. Research has found that a strange wave of violent crimes seemed to affect many large cities. Moon madness has long been a persistent myth which scientists are now investigating with computer technology. Can the full moon drive men mad? In Search of s5e6 … Moon Madness, History 1980
Thousands of reels of forgotten film brought together for the first time to reveal a seemingly impossible challenge. An incredible decade of trial and error. A team of over 400,000 men and women caught on camera. Apollo the Forgotten Films, Discovery 2019
10 years developing a giant rocket engine – the F1. ibid.
After the Mercury and Gemini missions, NASA begins its ultimate push to the moon – the Apollo program. ibid.
America is stunned by the deaths of three heroes. ibid.