This grew out of my Down Da Road I Go Blog which now has become primarily what I'm doing and music. I was getting so much history in it, I spun this one off and now have World War II and War of 1812 blogs which came off this one. The Blog List below right has all the way too many blogs that I write.
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Man on the Moon-- Part 1: 11 Things You Might Not Know
From the Latest Breaking News "11 Things You Never Knew About Apollo 11."
1. Did Neil Armstrong put his dead daughter's bracelet on the Moon? He was out of sight and communication for three minutes while on the moon.
2. President Kennedy didn't really care that much about the Moon. In the public he was all gung-ho about it, but wanted to get there before the Soviet Union.
3. The Apollo 11 team had to sell their autographs to secure insurance for the mission. Sitting on a flaming rocket propelling into space was not a safe insurance for providers. To cover insurance, they signed a lot of envelopes and would have their buddies postmark them for July 20, 1969.
These envelopes have sold for as much as $28,500.
--Cooter
Labels:
astronauts,
John F. Kennedy,
Lists,
Man on the Moon,
rockets,
Soviet Union,
Space
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