A Spaceship Has Landed On Earth

The last Space Shuttle mission took off today. And that reminded me of this. In October 1978 I bought a copy of the first edition of OMNI. Apparently I didn’t have enough money to make it a regular purchase because that’s the only copy I ever bought. I still have it. There was one page… Continue reading A Spaceship Has Landed On Earth

Apollo Introspection

Last night I celebrated the 40th anniversary of the first Moon walk by going to the Science Museum to see a live performance of Brian Eno’s Apollo. The music was played by Icebreaker who were largely out of sight below the screen while extracts from For All Mankind were broadcast on the IMAX screen. It… Continue reading Apollo Introspection