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The second of the Disney classroom guides to their "Science-factual" films.
Man and the Moon was first shown on Disneyland on December 28 1955. It also became a comic book and was a 1959 classroom text. For the influence of this and other Disney films I strongly recommend this article (which even mentions this pamphlet):
"The Disney-Von Braun Collaboration and Its Influence on Space Exploration"
by Mike Wright, Marshall Space Flight Center Historian
https://history.msfc.nasa.gov/vonbraun/disney_article.html#16
We did it in less time. But then nothing afterwards. Or did we do more with our moon info? I guess I'd better google.
ReplyDeleteI was only 7 years old - 2nd grade - when this came out. We grew up believing anything was possible if we put our mind to it.
No wonder we tried so hard. Now I just don't see it - the hope.