Word: apollos
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...addition to calling the plays of power, prestige and publicity, Aquarius had done some fine, moody descriptions of Cape Kennedy and Houston. He was unusually good at narrating the nuts and bolts of the flight. But there was absolutely no suspense. One knew beforehand that Apollo 11 would succeed and that Aquarius would become stranded in orbit with his preoccupations about corporate capitalism, WASPhood, the metaphysics of cancer, the death grip of practically anything made of plastic, and his need to find the peace and security of family life and decent work...
...live life with clenched teeth. He had to
swagger and perform because he still was possessed by the vision of
changing the consciousness of his time. It was a question of finding
its most vital form, of finding something to love beyond an idea or an
id
...network is overrun with Pepper & Tanner jingles ("It's what's happening . . . Radio One"). So is station Rediffusion Singapore. For the state radio system of Malawi, P. & T. tapes are dubbed in Chitumbuka, a native dialect. It was P. & T., naturally, which prerecorded the "This Is Apollo Weather" parody "intros" played by the astronauts during the Apollo 12 moon shot...
Dofending man's landing on the moon and the Apollo projects, Borman said that they fostered the technological supremacy and the scientific development of the United States...
Borman is now an executive of Eastern Airlines and will return to that post after completing the 13-week Business School program. He resigned from NASA soon after returning from the flight of Apollo...