NASA invites people to share their memories of the first moon landing

NASA has taken the initiative to collect people's memories of the time when astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon, and tell where they were in the summer of 1969, what they did. The space agency is gearing up for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, starting on July 20, and as part of that preparation is asking the public to send in audio recordings of the historic event. NASA plans to use some of the recordings in its social media projects and as part of a planned "audio series" about lunar exploration and the Apollo missions.

Oral histories of the event from people who were directly involved in the mission are already available. NASA has a huge archive of interviews with participants in missions and programs over the years. For example, the transcript of an interview with Neil Armstrong is 106 pages long. But this project is focused on collecting the impressions of ordinary people who were bystanders.

According to NASA, about 530 million people watched the live broadcast of the first landing on the moon. Some of them were too young to remember it, many may have already died in the past five decades, but there are still a significant number of people who remember the event and are ready to talk about it. In addition, the agency accepts generally memories of the 1960-1972 era of the Apollo missions.

Making an entry for a project is quite simple. NASA Instructions suggest that people use their smartphone to record their memories and answer each question for no more than two minutes. Then you just need to send the resulting entry by e-mail to the address [email protected] along with the name and city of residence of the person who participated in the survey.

Along with enrollment instructions, NASA has a short list of suggested questions, including: "What does research mean to you?" or “When you think of the Moon, what comes to mind?” or “Where were you when people first walked on the Moon? Describe who you were with, what you thought about, the atmosphere around you, and how you felt?” or “Do you remember what you were taught about space in school? If yes, then what?

The public will eventually hear these stories in the summer when a project called NASA Explorers: Apollo is unveiled.

Source: 3dnews.ru