Friday, August 07, 2009

We Chose The Moon

Last month many of us marked the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11's successful mission to the moon which included, of course, the first humans to step off onto its surface. On cable and network TV, not to mention newspapers (online and in print), there were many stories marking this achievement.

One site that I've found especially fascinating -- with its combination of high quality graphics and animation plus archival video and pictures from the mission and the training that preceded it -- is We Choose The Moon.

One unusual aspect of this site is that the entire mission is available, stage by stage. In other words, you can re-live this amazing mission in real time. Or you can start at any of the 11 stages of the mission.

And to think lift-off was back on July 16, 1969. Incredible!