Daily Internet Fix: July 20

Food for thought:

Today’s edition of the Knight Science Journalism Tracker does an excellent job of rounding up the various articles and special sections about Apollo 11 that have run these past few days. In addition, the tracker asks: with all the coverage happening during this anniversary, how can we top it for the 50th anniversary? Is it smart to go this far out this time?

Twitter posts under the #apolloat40 hashtag (mine are in bold):

• howellspace: Of moondust, dreams and deadlines: Apollo 11 at Air and Space Museum. http://tr.im/t6tC #JohnGlennLecture #apolloat40
• ashwinl: #JohnGlennLecture just posted to youtube (17 views?): [part 1] http://tr.im/t763 [part 2] http://tr.im/t76v #apolloat40
• brobof: #apolloat40 one newspaper’s take on the events of the Day (From the Onion) XXXTREME LANGUAGE WARNING http://tinyurl.com/7sdnl (expand)
• howellspace: Second row of the NASA press conference this morning. Starts at 9:30 EDT, nasa.gov/ntv. #apolloat40
• howellspace: Again, no time to liveblog but my account of the NASA presser will be on apolloat40.com later tonight. #apolloat40
• brobof: NASA Presser just starting #apollo 11 #apolloat40
• howellspace: NASA presser complete. Those astronauts really love debating. Now on my way to Dulles facility of Air and Space Museum. #apolloat40
• Discovery_Space: 40 years after Apollo 11 landed on the moon, we interview Buzz Aldrin: http://ow.ly/hHfS #apollo11 #apolloat40
• theappdude: 40 years after Apollo 11 landed on the moon, we interview Buzz Aldrin: http://ow.ly/hHfS #apollo11 #apolloat40 (via @Discovery_Space)
• astroengine: The Essential Apollo Video Playlist http://ow.ly/hHiK #apollo11 #apolloat40
• Discovery_Space: The Essential Apollo Video Playlist http://ow.ly/hHiK #apollo11 #apolloat40
• Discovery_Space: Do We Still Have the Right Stuff? http://ow.ly/hHjP #apolloat40 #apollo11
• Discovery_Space: Footage of the restored Apollo 11 landing video http://ow.ly/hHod #apollo11 #apolloat40
• web20classroom: RT @Discovery_Space: Footage of the restored Apollo 11 landing video http://ow.ly/hHod #apollo11 #apolloat40
• Discovery_Space: Things you (possibly) don’t know about the Apollo program http://ow.ly/hHrl #apolloat40 #apollo11
• spacebiz: RT @Discovery_Space: Things you (possibly) don’t know about the Apollo program http://ow.ly/hHrl #apolloat40 #apollo11
• Discovery_Space: RT @TreeHugger: @lloydalter asks: Do We Need “Apollo Projects for Climate Change”? http://bit.ly/2m3tEo (expand) #apollo11 #apolloat40
• Discovery_Space: The Moon Landings Wide Angle (a.k.a. everything you need to know about Apollo!) http://ow.ly/hHAj #apolloat40 #apollo11
• Discovery_Space: Astronauts are cool, but are they needed? “The End of the Cult of the Astronaut” http://ow.ly/hHIl #apollo11 #apolloat40
• spacebiz: RT @Discovery_Space: Astronauts areCool, but are they needed? “The End of the Cult of the Astronaut” http://ow.ly/hHIl #alphafox #apolloat40
• Discovery_Space: Mythbusters moon hoax busting! http://ow.ly/hHTc – episode is on tonight on Discovery Channel at 9pm! #apollo11 #apolloat40
• howellspace: I will be on CBC Radio 1 tomorrow morning around 7:45 EDT to talk about #apolloat40 and my adventures in D.C. #apolloat40
• markveldhuis: REM – Man on the moon #musicmonday #apolloat40
• GodspeedDiscvry: Mythbusters moon hoax busting! @Discovery_Space http://ow.ly/hHTc – episode is on tonight on Discovery Channel at 9pm! #apollo11 #apolloat40
• howellspace: Last tweet from the road. Thanks for listening. I’ll respond to messages and post to apolloat40.com later tonight. #apolloat40
• Discovery_Space: ‘Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.’ #apollo11 #apolloat40
• jamerz3294: RT @Discovery_Space: ‘Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.’ #apollo11 #apolloat40
• jakebush6: RT @Discovery_Space ‘Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.’ #apollo11 #apolloat40

Daily Internet Fix: July 19

Twitter posts under the #apolloat40 hashtag (mine are in bold):

• howellspace: 1st day in DC: “Let us never forget their sacrifice” http://tr.im/sZyp and Daily Internet http://tr.im/sZyi #apolloat40
• howellspace: Tomorrow: the best question to Buzz Aldrin will be revealed. Stay tuned! #apolloat40
• howellspace: At least 150 people in line to get into Air and Space Museum, which opens in 15 minutes. Busy day ahead. #apolloat40
• kangkanglanlan: RT @howellspace: At least 150 people in line to get into Air and Space Museum, which opens in 15 minutes. Busy day ahead. #apolloat40
• howellspace: Lineup for Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Alan Bean book signings is stretching end to end of the museum. #apolloat40
• kangkanglanlan: RT @howellspace: Lineup for Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Alan Bean book signings is stretching end to end of the museum. #apolloat40
• howellspace: Long and loud cheer from crowd as the astronauts entered the building. Buzz Aldrin was surrounded by media cameras. #apolloat40
• howellspace: I shook Buzz Aldrin’s and Michael Collins’s hands 10 mins ago. I am still shaking with excitement. #apolloat40
• howellspace: Best Buzz Aldrin question: focus our efforts on return to moon or aim somewhere else? Congrats @davidhburton! #apolloat40
• TaviGreiner: RT @howellspace: I shook Buzz Aldrin’s and Michael Collins’s hands 10 mins ago. I am still shaking with excitement. #apolloat40
• howellspace: His answer was going to the moon is a waste of time bc we did it 40 years ago. Let’s go to the frontier: Mars #apolloat40
• aggieastronaut: @howellspace They’re pretty cool guys! #apolloat40
• howellspace: I asked Alan Bean (painter/astronaut) what is his fave kind of paintbrush. Answer: natural fibre. Sticks on canvas better. #apolloat40
• mactavish: @TaviGreiner I love how much respect folks have for astronauts – they’re not just “stars,” they’re brave explorers. #apolloat40
• davidhburton: @howellspace Awesome!! Can’t wait to hear the answer!! #apolloat40
• howellspace: Only got a partway into the Alan Bean art gallery when the museum closed 2nd floor for an event. Got some footage, at least. #apolloat40
• howellspace: Just spoke to a man from France who didn’t win a ticket for the Glenn Lecture. He flew here hoping someone would sell him one. #apolloat40
• CatherineQ: SO wish I was attending the Glenn Lecture!! #apolloat40
• howellspace: In the Glenn Lecture venue after 2 hour lineup. Fully one third of the theatre, the first six rows, are reserved for VIPs.
• howellspace: Won’t live tweet the lecture as I will be busy scribbling notes. Later tonight I will write a post on apolloat40.com. See you then! #apolloat40
• CatherineQ: Does anyone else think the Glenn lecture should be being broadcast by a network as well as NASA tv ?? #apolloat40 #nasa
• genejm29: It was indeed and was happy for the conversation:RT @CatherineQ: @Nancy_A @genejm29 @BekahLouTaylor Wasn’t that a great lecture? #apolloat40
• CatherineQ: Anyone at the #JohnGlennlecture – were there ANY high ranking government officials present?? Find it strange if there weren’t? #apolloat40
• howellspace: Welcome to my new followers and thanks, everyone, for following me today. The John Glenn lecture was amazing. Writing #apolloat40 post now.
• LunarMark: Cool! RT @howellspace: Later tonight I will write a post on apolloat40.com. See you then! #apolloat40
• CatherineQ: RT @howellspace Won’t live tweet the lecture as I will be busy scribbling notes. Later tonight I will write a post on apolloat40.com.
• CatherineQ: #JohnGlennLecture John Glenn lecture was fantastic. Wise words. Empassioned insights. Hope. And unassuming heroes. #apolloat40
• CatherineQ: @Nancy_A @genejm29 @BekahLouTaylor Wasn’t that a great lecture? #apolloat40
• ageekmom: RT @CatherineQ #JohnGlennLecture Lecture was fantastic. Wise words. Empassioned insights. Hope. And unassuming heroes. #apolloat40 {Amen}
• ageekmom: RT @CatherineQ #JohnGlennLecture Lecture was fantastic. Wise words. Empassioned insights. Hope. And unassuming heroes. #apolloat40 {Amen}

Daily Internet Fix: July 18

Food for thought:

Tonight I’m focusing on some of the events going on in and around D.C. during the next couple of days:

• The Glenn Lecture at the National Air and Space Museum, featuring Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
• Salute to Apollo: The Kennedy Legacy, a musical performance at the Kennedy Center.
• A NASA media briefing with astronauts Jim Lovell, Buzz Aldrin, Dave Scott, Charles Duke, Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan.

Twitter posts under the #apolloat40 hashtag (mine are in bold):

• howellspace: Walter Cronkite’s legacy (http://tr.im/sTH2) as well as a roundup of yesterday’s news (http://tr.im/sTHe) on #apolloat40.
• howellspace: Going offline for #apolloat40 travel — catch all of you when I’m in D.C. Updates at apolloat40.com (http://tr.im/sMMB).
• howellspace: Air Canada served “rocket chips” on the plane. Weird coincidence. #apolloat40
• howellspace: Anybody else at the Glenn Lecture tomorrow night? #apolloat40
• txflygirl: RT @howellspace: Air Canada served “rocket chips” on the plane. Weird coincidence. #apolloat40
• howellspace: Sign at Vietnam War memorial says 16 U.S. soldiers died on July 20, 1969, the same day men first touched the moon. #apolloat40
• absolutspacegrl RT @howellspace: Sign at Vietnam War memorial says 16 U.S. soldiers died on July 20, 1969, the same day men first touched moon. #apolloat40
• 1041StormGirlRT @absolutspacegrl RT @howellspace: Sign at Vietnam War Memorial: 16 US soldiers died 7/20/69, same day men first touched moon.

Daily Internet Fix: July 17

Food for thought:

• Legendary newscaster Walter Cronkite — known in part for his excellent TV coverage of the Apollo program, particularly Apollo 11 – died July 16 at age 92. A number of tributes are making their way through the media, including this one from the New Jersey Star-Ledger pointing out his forced retirement kept his legend strong.
• The spookiest image I’ve seen in a while: tire tracks from the Apollo 14 handcart, visible in one of the new pictures the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter took of the manned moon landing sites.
• And it looks like the Apollo 11 crew will meet with yet another American president this weekend. My question: how many heads of state have they met over the years? (I’m thinking of that large, many-months-long world tour they had after landing in particular.) 100?

Twitter posts under the #apolloat40 hashtag (mine are in bold):

• howellspace: Last day to submit question ideas for Buzz Aldrin. Use #apolloat40 for your questions. (Also, stay tuned for an announcement!)
• jsbelfiore: To Buzz: Between the society that sent you to the Moon, and today’s that holds us back, are we still a spaceworthy culture? #apolloat40
• howellspace: New website! Follow my reports of the D.C. Apollo 11 40th anniversary festivities at Apolloat40.com (http://tr.im/sMMB). #apolloat40
• whitelabelspace: RT @howellspace: New website! Follow my reports of the D.C. Apollo 11 40th anniversary at Apolloat40.com (http://tr.im/sMMB). #apolloat40
• TaviGreiner: RT @howellspace: New website! Follow my reports of D.C. Apollo 11 40th anniversary festivities at Apolloat40.com http://tr.im/sMMB #apolloat40
• howellspace: Testing twitter from cell in prep for #apolloat40 trip tomorrow.

Daily Internet Fix: July 16

Food for thought:

• Appetizing? Perhaps not at first glance, but these pictures of the food the Apollo 11 crew took with them did sustain the astronauts for a couple of weeks.
• Times Online capsule of the Apollo 11 mission, reprinting the original 1969 articles.
• Brian Eno, who will perform Apollo in London, talks about his inspiration for ambient music.

Twitter posts under the #apolloat40 hashtag (mine are in bold):

• howellspace: Surprise coming tomorrow for #apolloat40. I’m loving those question ideas for Buzz Aldrin; only two days left to submit!
• Barstein: RT @genejm29: @howellspace Are you disappointed on the state of the US Space Program today? Where we are vs. where we could be? #apolloat40