Well now your wish is granted! About two years ago, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum produced an outstanding website named "We Choose the Moon", and it's all about Apollo 11. While many books (and I'm sure websites, too!) have been written on the subject, this website really stands head and shoulders above the rest. The website guides you from launch to landing to splashdown, employing a variety of media to re-create the journey. There will be a few minutes of video for each "stage", and after the video part ends you can explore photos and video relating to that part of the Apollo 11 mission. There's also places to view pictures of JFK himself. Underscoring all of this is the constant, authentic transmissions between Houston and Apollo 11.
The title, "We Choose the Moon" came from a quote by John F. Kennedy, as he spoke one September day on why the United States was choosing to go to the moon:
"We choose the moon in this decade and the other things, not because it is easy, but because it is hard..."
From the roar of the Saturn to the heart-stopping landing of Eagle, the website "We Choose the Moon" is epic. Any space enthusiast or history buff should pay a visit!
WeChooseTheMoon.org
~Photobug
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