Positive comments about my 2009 on-line collectSpace posts
and Astrophile article concerning my Apollo 11 experiences convinced me that
there was interest in the story of how I
covered the Apollo 11 launch as a 19 year-old college journalist. My color
slide photos received a special warm reception because they were so different
from the classic NASA images for Apollo 11, especially how they had maintained their color and
clarity over more than 4 decades. It took a while, but I finished a longer
article based on my previous writings. Titled “Apollo 11: Eyewitness to
History,” it appeared in the January, 2013 issue of Spaceflight (pgs. 26-29,
vol. 55, no. 1), with one of my Saturn V photos as the cover picture. For the
45th Anniversary of Apollo 11 this year, I decided to post some of the pictures on
Facebook. This modest undertaking evolved into the 69 posts (only one more to
go!) on Space Hipsters and a new blog which you have been reading. A number of
you have suggested a book so I plan to explore my options over then next couple
years. The Fiftieth Anniversary of Apollo 11 in 2019 would be an appropriate
year for publication—stay tuned!
#Apollo11Eyewitness
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