A couple of months ago, when the Journal began cooking up a section on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, I was asked to write something about the pop-cultural impact of the moment. This was a serious assignment for me. Usually, I write about silly nonsense, like the New York Knicks. I began thinking about the place of the moon landing in pop culture—what it all meant, Apollo 11, Armstrong/Aldrin/Collins and July 20, 1969. It was difficult to narrow it into a single, clarifying thought....

Source: Wall Street Journal July 15, 2019 00:56 UTC