Splashdown-spam


Splashdown of Apollo 11 capsule, July 24, 1969

40 years ago today, this happened. [points up] Which led to exciting times for the astronauts… [points down]

The astronauts (in quarantine) speak with President Nixon
Ticker-tape parade for the Apollo 11 astronauts in NYC

Well, the point was, not only did we land on the moon in 1969, the astronauts lived to tell about it, and in fact came back here:

Apollo 11 photo of the Earth, taken on return trip

…which really, is quite remarkable.

I’ve always liked Google’s logo designs for special events, and for the 40th on Monday, they had this up, which I find admirably subtle:

Google's Apollo40 logo for Monday, July 20, 2009

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