Happy Apollo Anniversary Day!
As most of you are well aware, today marks 50 years since the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. And although Earth's moon might not immediately jump to mind when you think about Wing Commander, it actually shows up quite a bit! LOAF recently went through the (often tragic) history of our natural satellite in Episode 19 of All Wings Considered. Check out the embedded clip below to go straight to the retrospective:
If you haven't seen it yet, here's a nice video of the really cool show projected on the Washington Monument this week. Dundradal was lucky enough to see it in person! What's next for the moon? India appeared set to launch an ambitious mission to become the fourth country to send a rocket up earlier this week, but the attempt was scrubbed with an hour to go. Meanwhile, NASA is still heading down a path that could lead to a return to the moon in five years.
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