Comments on: Make Space not War – Why Apollo 11 Matters 40 Years On http://smashingtelly.com/2009/07/20/make-space-not-war-apollo-11-40-years-on/ A hand picked TV channel Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:04:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Chris P http://smashingtelly.com/2009/07/20/make-space-not-war-apollo-11-40-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-3135 Chris P Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:36:46 +0000 http://smashingtelly.com/?p=1059#comment-3135 Nicely written. How many times have you read Andrew Chaikin's Man On The Moon? Nicely written.

How many times have you read Andrew Chaikin's Man On The Moon?

]]> By: Hugh http://smashingtelly.com/2009/07/20/make-space-not-war-apollo-11-40-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-2599 Hugh Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:28:26 +0000 http://smashingtelly.com/?p=1059#comment-2599 I'm sorry I was too late to see Jason Kottke's presentation, it sounded like a good idea. I have one small gripe though, which is a bit surprising from someone prepared to put in such an amount of effort, and that's the title of his page as APOLLO XI. Aficionados and followers know that one of the conditions laid down by the astronauts was that the mission be known as Apollo 11, using normal numbers rather than Roman numerals, on the basis that more people would understand the conventional numbering when it appeared on mission patches, badges, etc. I'm sure this can be verified on the web... somewhere. I'm sorry I was too late to see Jason Kottke's presentation, it sounded like a good idea.

I have one small gripe though, which is a bit surprising from someone prepared to put in such an amount of effort, and that's the title of his page as APOLLO XI.

Aficionados and followers know that one of the conditions laid down by the astronauts was that the mission be known as Apollo 11, using normal numbers rather than Roman numerals, on the basis that more people would understand the conventional numbering when it appeared on mission patches, badges, etc. I'm sure this can be verified on the web… somewhere.

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