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2019
Who uses, recommends or left Apollo 11, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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Strongly recommended for anyone with an interest in space, greatness, or reality.
Gwern's compiled movie, television and opera reviews since 2014 (page last modified 2024-06-29).
2024-06-29·gwern.net ↗
It's well worth a watch, to see what it looked like at the time, but I also found it almost anticlimactic to watch: With the benefit of history there's no real uncertainty or tension about what will happen, and the format gives the viewer disappointingly little "behind-the-scenes" insight into just what it took to make the mission go off
His Apollo bibliography — the books and films about the Apollo program he recommends, roughly ordered by how strongly he recommends them.
2019-04-08·blog.nelhage.com ↗
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