Apollo 11 and a big blue moon

The Powerhouse Museum, like many other institutions around the world, has been doing its bit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon visit earlier this year. They have a small but eye-catching array of exhibits to enjoy and experience.

 I was very taken by the big moon hanging from the ceiling. OK, it's smaller than the real one but a lot bigger than most moon globes.



The (replica) spacecraft on offer was actually a Mercury replica rather than an Apollo, but what the hell!
You could do virtual reality explorations of a moon walk, or conduct an actual moon landing yourself, driving a simulator. I was tempted to push in on the queue of youngsters wanting to do all this. But their need was greater than mine, I decided. I'd lived through the 1969 events myself, after all.




















I've written about the Powerhouse Museum before. About what a fine institution it is, but how it's being closed down and shipped out from its unique site next year, presumably so the government can hand over the land to the property developers that actually run the state. See here: April 2018 Powerhouse post