The Moon landing was one of the biggest events in human history. After spending centuries on earth and wondering about what was up in the night sky, in 1969 we finally had our chance to explore the moon. John F. Kennedy’s dream came true and the space race between the Soviet Union was won. Humans could finally accomplish a task that only decades ago sounded impossible. This is the retelling of the Historic Moon Landing with the use of social media (“AKA” Twitter)
After the launch, people went to twitter to share what they just saw.
After a couple of hours of being in space, the crew of APOLLO 11 were finally able to send tweets and started to provide updates on the view from space.
After taking a few days to reach the lunar orbit, the Apollo 11 crew was finally ready to take their first steps on the moon. As Collins stayed behind to man the ship, Aldrin and Armstrong ventured out and finally contacted the moon’s surface. They made sure to take a video to show the people back at home what the moon was like.
Finally, once they all retreated to the ship and came back to earth a meeting was held.
This is just one of the many ways the moon landing could have could have been covered with the use of social media. Social Media plays a huge factor in how news is spread so I wonder how the moon landing would have been impacted if social media was around. Would more people think that the moon landing was a hoax, or would everyone believe it to be true due to the real time updates?
References:
Dunbar, Brian. “July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind.” NASA, NASA, 19 Feb. 2015, https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html.
