50 years on: Apollo 12 failed at selfies but succeeded at dismantling a probe

Nice article

I picked up "A Man on the Moon" as an audiobook recently. For those who don't have the time to sit and read a paperback but do commute I can recommend it.

There are thousands of little interesting snippits of this facinating era of history. The astronaughts were a unique and diverse group of individuals of huge talent and drive. It's a real shame that people like them aren't held up as examples now instead of the vacuous 'influencers' we have.

Great piece

I'm going all misty-eyed with all these memories flooding back. I didn't miss the colour footage promised with Apollo 12, as all we had was a B&W TV anyway. I did watch the later missions with the Lunar Rover on our neighbours' colour TV and was stunned by the footage. My eldest son is a complete petrol head, and looks with disdain at electric cars (not noisy enough to his liking, I suppose), but I told him the coolest car EVER was electric. He asked me which car I meant, and I said "the Lunar Rover", and showed him some footage. He (grudgingly) had to agree. Kids these days

From The Earth To Moon

Watched the series to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Much to recommend it, especially the portrayal of Al Bean by comic Dave Foley.

Best. Crew. Ever.

Pete's motto was "If you can't be good, be colorful". The 12 crew managed to do both, and have fun at the same time.

Pete's "Whoopee" statement was partly to win a bet with Oriana Fallaci, because she believed that the first words on the moon were scripted and approved. She allegedly never paid the $500.

The crew were good friends, to the point that the three of them got identically colored Corvettes, and would often race them around Houston. They remained close friends until their passing.

It is actually true that Gordon made Conrad and Bean strip starkers before he would let them come back into the command module!

Just an awesome crew.