Apollo 40th Celebrations

[Obviousman]

Could I advertise that there will be a four day celebration of the Apollo 11 landing held in Canberra, ACT, Australia?



It will involve visits to the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex and Honeysuckle Creek (which played a pivotal role in the Apollo missions); a sychronised repeat of the events and TV broadcasts 40 years ago; talks by people who were there 40 years ago; and the screening of two full length movies: THE WONDER OF IT ALL by Jeff Roth, and LIVE FROM THE MOON - THE STORY OF APOLLO TELEVISION.

This is going to be a not to be missed event for anyone interested in Apollo. Why not come along and join us space geeks? You'll get to meet such Australian Apollo era celebrities such as Mike Dinn and John Saxon, as well as Apollo author Colin Mackellar.

You can get details from:

http://www.jsaxon.org/space/hsk/Reunions/40th2009/

If you'd like to check out the trailer from THE WONDER OF IT ALL, then check here:

http://www.thewonderofitallfilm.com/trailer.html

(broadband speed required)

The movies alone are worth attending!

Thanks!

[Polyrealastic Observer]

It would be nice if someone does something here in Florida. I can have a Spaghetti dinner for 5 at my place in Stuart. Anybody bringing "moonwalk" drinks?

[spacecraftfilms]

And info on Live From the Moon can be found here:

http://www.livefromthemoon.tv

[KaiYeves]

I don't know if there's anything here in NYC, but I've scheduled my Space Academy session to include July 20th for just that reason.

[Gemini]

I don't know if there's anything here in NYC, but I've scheduled my Space Academy session to include July 20th for just that reason.

Also on July 10th is the Apollo Saturn Reunion at the Space and rocket center. Too bad it wasn't closer to the actual anniversary like last year. You ought to come to one, they had Story Musgrave, Skylab astronaut Owen Garriot, and the director of the Ares project at MSFC speak at last year's reunion.

I've got college orientation the day of and before the reunion, but, the cool thing about the college I'm going is that it's just across the street from the Center.

[Jason Chapman]

I wouldn't be surprised if President Obama made some kind of Kennedy style historic speech on going back to the moon, he seems very big on speeches lately.

[KaiYeves]

Also on July 10th is the Apollo Saturn Reunion at the Space and rocket center. Too bad it wasn't closer to the actual anniversary like last year. You ought to come to one, they had Story Musgrave, Skylab astronaut Owen Garriot, and the director of the Ares project at MSFC speak at last year's reunion.

Well, I'd probably need some kind of fancy registration to get in, so it's probably for the better that I won't be in the city/town that day.

[Gemini]

Well, I'd probably need some kind of fancy registration to get in, so it's probably for the better that I won't be in the city/town that day.

Actually, tickets are fairly inexpensive and it's open to the public (How else do you think I got in )

[01101001]

The San Francisco Bay Area gets Buzz'd.

USS Hornet: Splashdown 2009

In 1969, the aircraft carrier USS Hornet recovered the first two NASA missions that landed men on the moon – Apollo 11 and Apollo 12. The ship is the largest surviving artifact from these incredible events, which are among the most important in the history of humankind.

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of man’s first steps on the moon by attending Splashdown 2009 on the USS Hornet -- the primary recovery ship for the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 missions.
[...]
On Saturday, July 25th, the featured speaker will be former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 11 and the 2nd man to walk on the moon.The USS Hornet will serve as a premier platform for the release of Buzz Aldrin’s newest book: “Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon.”

Google Map aerial view (can't quite see the painted footprints)

[01101001]

New York Times (via San Jose Mercury): Marketers look to the heavens to honor the first moon walk

How high the moon? For marketers and media companies, the sky seems to be the limit as they prepare a cosmic — and commercial — commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon.
The anniversary, to be observed July 20, is the subject of advertising campaigns, books, DVDs, tribute merchandise, events and film festivals, along with enough trinkets to stuff a space capsule.

We came in profit for all mankind.

[KaiYeves]

I started a thread for commemorative fan-fiction on the Marvel Comics boards.

[Gemini]

New York Times (via San Jose Mercury): Marketers look to the heavens to honor the first moon walk



We came in profit for all mankind.

Merchandising, Merchandising!-Yogurt

[ngc3314]

As unusually good examples, though I won't go into detail so as not to flout board rules - I just got an announcement that the "When We Left Earth" video series can be purchased for the next few days for US$20 (30 for Blu-Ray). And I have recently seen "From the Earth to the Moon" in a boxed DVD set for about $23 at a Prominent Membership Discount Store Chain.

I'll be away at a meeting during the anniversary. Must take the DVD of the mission video along to track as time permits. Maybe beforehand I'll go downstairs and ponder my personally inscribed and autographed photo of the Apollo 11 CDR, obtained by my father back when the astronaut would do such things. (I know, that sounds like such a fanboy thing to do at my age...)

Say, Gemini - did you see that the NASA Art Program touring exhibit is at the Huntsville Museum of Art until about August 16?

[Gemini]

No I didn't. I ought to check it out while I'm moving in at UAH.

[matthewota]

I am surprised that the media in England and in Australia is focusing attention on the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 more than the media in the USA.

THE US media is more concerned with pop stars....

[KaiYeves]

I already got two contributions to my fan fiction thread and I sent somebody else on the site a PM directing them to it, so I may have a third by the time I log on there later today.

[aerovoid]

Figured I'd bump this thread instead of starting a new one.

Regarding the Apollo 11 lost tapes which were supposedly found recently, but NASA denied the claim. Well according to a slashdot article that was posted today, they have been found. NASA is going to be holding a briefing on the 16th (link to press release). It doesn't say anything about the slow scan tapes, so I'm not sure what the deal really is here.

[matthewota]

I am collecting every news article I can about the anniversary. So far the English and Australian newspapers are publishing more stories than American ones.

[Buzz-Lite-Punch]

I am surprised that the media in England and in Australia is focusing attention on the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 more than the media in the USA.

THE US media is more concerned with pop stars....

Not so much in my area. I wonder if there’s any local astronomical club that is holding any event to celebrate Apollo 11 40th year.

[Argos]

Phil and Jay cited on the New York Times

[Buzz-Lite-Punch]

NASA TV has some excellent archival footage with classical music set to the images so perfectly classical music is the universal music.

NASA TV
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

[KaiYeves]

classical music is the universal music.

'Tis.

[Gemini]

I'm going to the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville on Saturday for both the 40th Apollo 11 anniversay and my birthday.

[Postmortem]

Have you guys seen this http://wechoosethemoon.org/ it's a sort of recreation of the Apollo 11 mission, online in real time

[KaiYeves]

Out of the four stories I've received so far, I'm creating a found poem/exquisite corpse kind of thing.

[DonM435]

Turner Classic Movies on Monday, July 20 (all times are Eastern U.S.):

6:00 AM They Came From Beyond Space (1967)
7:30 AM From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
9:11 AM Short Film: Let's Sing A Song About The Moonlight (1948)
9:30 AM First Men in the Moon (1964)
11:14 AM Short Film: Look Into The 23rd Century, A (1976)
11:30 AM Twelve to the Moon (1960)
1:00 PM Destination Moon (1950)
2:40 PM Short Film: 2010: The Odyssey Continues (1984)
3:00 PM Mouse On The Moon, The (1963)
4:30 PM Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)
8:00 PM Trip to the Moon, A (1902)
8:15 PM For All Mankind (1989)
9:49 PM Short Film: On Location With Westworld (1973)
10:00 PM Right Stuff, The (1983)
1:30 AM Marooned (1969)
3:45 AM Capricorn One (1978)

Some good ones in there. Details at tcm.com.

[Nick]

There is a lot more here - I start with (my hero) Buzz interview - on the right are related videos of Apollo 11.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/vi...n-moon-landing

Nick

[Alan G. Archer]

The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 2009.

On July 28, Andrew Chaikin is scheduled to give a lecture at OMSI's OMNIMAX Theater.

[KaiYeves]

NASA's logo on their pages replaces the blue circle and starfield with the moon today.

[DonM435]

Since I posted this list of the Turner Classic Movies lineup for tomorrow, maybe I ought to include recommendations.

6:00 AM They Came From Beyond Space (1967)

I’m not familiar with this one, but it has a pretty good cast of British players. Question: What the heck would you expect to find beyond space?

7:30 AM From The Earth To The Moon (1958)

From, of course, a Jules Verne novel. Slow going as I remember.

9:11 AM Short Film: Let's Sing A Song About The Moonlight (1948)

Haven’t seen it.

9:30 AM First Men in the Moon (1964)

A U.S. mission reaches the Moon . . . and finds a tattered (!) British flag. It seems that the place was claimed long ago for Queen Victoria. It’s traced to a fellow in an old folks’ home, who tells (flashback) of how he and Dr. Cavor visited the Moon via the latter’s antigravity device . . . in 1899. Charming fantasy, starring Edward Judd, Martha Hyer and Lionel Jeffries, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen (bug people and lunar monsters).

11:14 AM Short Film: Look Into The 23rd Century, A (1976)

Haven’t seen it.

11:30 AM Twelve to the Moon (1960)

Typical 1950’s “sci-fi.” Yes, I know it was 1960.

1:00 PM Destination Moon (1950)

Producer George Pal tried to respect the science and technology of the day. He largely succeeded, though the film plods somewhat. He must know how Kubrick felt many years later.

2:40 PM Short Film: 2010: The Odyssey Continues (1984)

If this is the documentary I recall, watch for a great outtake collection wherein Roy Scheider tries to suggest zero gravity by sticking some props on an invisible panel. The things keep falling off. Sometime about Take 30, they adhere perfectly. However, Roy’s so impressed that he blows his lines and ruins the take anyway.

3:00 PM Mouse On The Moon, The (1963)

This was a sequel to the hit 1959 comedy The Mouse That Roared. It lacks Peter Sellers, but is quite funny in a low-key way. A gentle British inventor takes a leisurely route to the Moon, and confounds the competing U.S. and U.S.S.R. crews.

4:30 PM Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)

If you like The Three Stooges, you may get a chuckle out of this. Joe De Rita’s no Curly or Shemp, and the others are getting old, but it’s a decent time-filler.

[This was missing rom the original listing:]
6:00 PM Moon Pilot (1962)

A Disney film. Haven't seen it since I was a little kid, but even then I found it rather silly.

8:00 PM Trip to the Moon, A (1902)

Admirable ten-minute storytelling by the original master of film fantasy, George Méliès. You’ll enjoy this silent.

8:15 PM For All Mankind (1989)

Documentary. Haven’t seen it.

9:49 PM Short Film: On Location With Westworld (1973)

Haven’t seen it.

10:00 PM Right Stuff, The (1983)

Honored and acclaimed film about the original spacemen. I found it overly long and uninvolving, but I’m in the minority here.

1:30 AM Marooned (1969)

A good John Sturges drama, exploring dilemma of astronauts stranded in orbit with Gregory Peck and David Janssen trying to rescue them.

3:45 AM Capricorn One (1978)

Imaginative (and notorious) flick by Peter (2010) Hyams. The U.S. Space Agency has to fake a Mars landing and cover up the fraud. I’m sure it’s here as fuel for all conspiracy enthusiasts. Imaginative. Stars Hal Holbrook, Elliot Gould, Karen Black, James Brolin and the inimitable O.J. Simpson. See the rocket scientists outwitted by Telly Savalas in a crop duster!
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Dissenting opinions and reviews are are welcome.