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Live from the Moon : Film, Television and the Space Race - Michael Allen

Live from the Moon

Film, Television and the Space Race

By: Michael Allen

Hardcover | 17 June 2009 | Edition Number 1

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"We choose to go to the Moon, not because it is easy but because it is hard." President John F. Kennedy's words spoke of an American enterprise that rivalled, and echoed, that of the discovery and settling of his own country a century before. At the height of the Cold War between America and Russia, hundreds of spacecraft, both manned and robotic, travelled into outer space - the New Frontier. They sent back awe-inspiring images and sounds from Earth orbit, the Moon, and the planets of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus; they also overturned our preconceptions about our own planet. "Live from the Moon" is the exploratory story of this remarkable cultural and political phenomenon. Expert and enthusiast Mike Allen examines these images sent back from space, their use as propaganda, their value as drama and entertainment, and their spiritual role in shaping humanity's changing view of itself across the second half of the twentieth century.
He looks at the complex relationship between space exploration, film and television during these decades to show the synergy between them in pushing forward the frontiers not only of our knowledge of the Universe, but of our need to visualise the furthest reaches of our imaginations in order to fully know what it is to be human.

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""This delightful, easy-to-read, detailed chronology of manned American and Soviet missions starts with the development of space photography. It proceeds to describe the politics, the contrasting openness and secrecy, the one-upmanship, the dedication/enthusiasm of the astronauts, and the US-USSR rivalries... [R]eaders will appreciate the challenges resulting from the deadline to land on the moon by the end of the 1960s and how they were met. Space enthusiast Allen provides fascinating descriptions of the waxing and waning interest of both the major news networks and the public when firsts were made, failures occurred, challenges were faced, and problems needed resolution. Summing Up: Highly recommended."" --CHOICE

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