Did ancient astronauts write this book? READ THE BOOK

I more appreciated that the astronauts and families were very middle class, living in normal houses. #HATM

I always thought the quarantine was to protect the astronauts, but I just looked it up and NASA was worried the astronauts might bring back bacteria from the Moon. Imagine that? Some sort of pandemic breaking out. Creepy. I guess they stopped doing this after the first couple trips? #hatm

Thanks everyone for another great #hatm - I hope I didn't bombard you with too much trivia. I just love this movie because I love astronauts and have a personal connection to the book. See you all next week when we do Second Man: The Life of Buzz Aldrin, directed by Michael Bay ;)

Astronauts have said that space smells like: metallic, sweet, burnt. Demeter makes a cologne. demeterfragrance.com/collections/...#HATM

Spacewalk

The Scent: We took the idea of a sweet, shrill and metallic scent, and twisted and extended it into an out-of-this-world wearable fragrance experience The Inspiration: There has been much discussion a...

Think of these astronauts' parents: many were little when the Wright Brothers flew, yet lived to see their children fly to the Moon. #hatm

Apropos of these critiques, someone once wrote: "We need the sense of perspective and wonder that space can give. Watch the Christmas, 1968 video from the Apollo 8 mission, broadcast from lunar orbit, and listen to astronauts Borman, Lovell, and Anders read the opening passages of... 1/ #HATM

I wrote about the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle in my book as well. One priority for NASA was to train astronauts in actual flight environments that carried physical consequences, not only in simulators. Unfortunately, there were three LLTV accidents, not just this one. #HATM

Which country had female astronauts first again?

If you are interested in learning more about Ed White, there is a book called Fallen Astronauts which details his life story along with others lost in the line of duty. I have seen news (via collectspace.com#HATM