Operation AXIOM

Forty-five years ago today, 20 July 1969, "men from the Planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon… We came in peace for all Mankind." Heaven forbid that we here at The Secret Base should even let this seminal anniversary pass unobserved. Mister Neil Armstrong & Colonel "Buzz" Aldrin first walked on the Moon, forty-five days ago to the day.



The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Neil Armstrong, "Apollo 11 Excerpt 21" from The Apollo Missions (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: The Apollo Missions consists of excerpts from the radio transmissions of the Apollo missions, transmissions betwixt N.A.S.A. Mission Control in Houston & the astronauts en route to, in orbit of, on the surface of, & returning from the Moon. It makes for extraordinary listening. A transcription of "Apollo 11 Excerpt 21" in its entirely:

"For those who haven't read the plaque, we'll read the plaque that's on the front landing gear of this 'L.E.M.' There's two hemispheres, one showing each of the two hemispheres of Earth. Underneath it says, 'Here men from the Planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon/July 1969 A.D./We came in peace for all Mankind.' It has the crewmembers' signatures and the signature of the President of the United States."