
Surveyor 3, Apollo 12, with lunar module behind
Surveyor 3, Apollo 12, with lunar module behind
“The novel is set is 1973, just after the cancellation of the last Apollo missions to the Moon.”
The Public Affairs Officer at the Johnson Space Centre, Houston, remarked, “As you can see, it’s only a paper fender, but the Moon is real.”
“With the formation of NASA in 1958, Project Mercury was started as a crash programme to put American astronauts into space in one-man capsules “
Having come this far with ‘Howlers in Space’ perhaps it’s fitting to end with a film which contains more howlers than almost any others, and yet gets a surprising number of things right – some of them almost unaccountably.
Duncan Lunan explores some more Space Howlers” Robert MacCall, poster image of Clavius base, Earth in correct phase for Tycho sunrise”
Check out the night sky in October with this star map and guide to what to look for from Duncan Lunan
“In space, no one can hear you scream. But sometimes it’s tempting.”
” Oh where is the night sky that I used to know” Duncan Lunan
” Big Bear Lake in the Sierras, 6500 feet up (2000 feet higher than you can get in the UK without an aircraft), has an excellent night sky, stabilised by the water of the artificial lake “