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drm604

(16,230 posts)
6. I remember this.
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 02:30 PM
Oct 2012

I don't recall this particular photo, but I remember that the Lunar module was "Snoopy" and the command module was "Charlie Brown".

The space program was very much intertwined with pop culture in those days. I could be cynical and point out that that was because of massive government PR (it was part of the "hearts and minds" battle with the Soviets) but it certainly did have a grip on the young people of that time, myself included. The youth hated Nixon. The youth hated the war in Vietnam. The youth hated "the establishment". But many, though not all, loved NASA and the Apollo program. These were heroes who were risking their lives but weren't napalming villagers.

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