No requiem for the space age : the Apollo moon landings and American culture /
Tribbe, Matthew D.,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One: On Talking about Apollo -- 1. "The Message of the Spirit of Apollo": Commonplace Reactions -- 2. The Nihilism of the WASPs: Norman Mailer in NASA-Land -- Part Two: On Mastering the Universe -- 3. Apollo and the "Human Condition" -- 4. The Thunder of Apollo: A Benevolent Endeavor in a Century of Brutality -- Part Three: On Rationalism and Neo-Romanticism -- 5. Turning a Miracle into a Bummer: Squareland, Potland, and the Psychedelic Moon -- 6. "God is Alive, Magic is Afoot": Moon Voyaging in the Neo-Romantic 1970s -- Conclusion: In the Wake of Apollo.
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Astronautics
Space flight to the moon
Popular culture