Word: apollos
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Lovell was one of three astronauts on Apollo 8, the first manned mission to orbit the moon...
...cantatas are based on modified and dramatized updates of old tales of Greek and Roman mythology. The stories of Orpheus, Hercules, Cupid and Apollo serve as the basis for the Society’s original theatrical component...
...Wonderful Life,” Linkous seemed trapped in a dark sea—or the belly of a mountain—murmuring tortured words from beneath the waves. “Dreamt…” sounds, then, like the story of his release, an Apollo-like journey beyond the stars. Production is tighter and more fluid, and the overall compositional coherence offsets the bizarre, seemingly unrelated kernels of lyrical imagination Linkous offers in each song.This may be due, in part, to his collaboration with Brian Burton (aka Dangermouse), who adds his fuzzy beeps and beats...
...Even better, it will also rely on Apollo?s lunar landing technique, with a spidery lunar module like the beloved old LEMs still to come. The contractor for that one hasn?t been picked, but Northrop Grumman - whose Grumman Corporation granddaddy built the original LEM - would not be a bad choice...
...first lunar landing program, from the inception of NASA to the final, Apollo 17 landing, spanned four presidents - Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon - and repeated changeovers in Congress. The same steadfastness will be required of present and future political leaders if the new ships are to get off the gorund. Anything less than a multi-generational commitment to the new program will waste the government?s money - and try the public?s patience...