What better to watch the Moon landing on than your brand-new 1969 television set? RCA, Magnavox and Zenith all debuted new TV lines that year, each with their own unique selling point. Televisions themselves were [more…]
Getting the Apollo spacecraft all the way to the moon was going to take power – a lot of power. And to build a rocket of such magnitude was going to take a great deal [more…]
A desire to have the moon walk broadcast during prime-time US viewing hours, after the moon set there, meant that NASA would have to rely on a dish in a sheep paddock in Australia to [more…]
The impact the live broadcast of the Moon walk had on the populace of Western countries cannot be overstated. Witnessing such a momentous event live made people feel they were a part of it, and [more…]
Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong’s tense two-word report came over the loudspeakers at NASA’s Mission Control in Houston, more of a question than a statement as he and and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin rapidly descended [more…]
Note: This is the editorial from issue #3 of Paleotronic… Some people believe the opposable thumb is the secret to humanity’s success. But not me. For me, I think the knowledge of our mortality, of [more…]
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