Remember when the race to the moon held the rapt attention of
millions? Remember the "Apollo" missions that were supposed to
herald the beginning of the Space Age? Thirty years after the last
moonwalk, those missions now appear to have ushered in an era's
conclusion. What happened?
Marina Benjamin has been asking that question ever since her
childhood fascination with space exploration ended in
disappointment. "Rocket Dreams" is her thought-provoking look at
the Space Age and the shadow it casts on the fabric of our modern
lives. When the futuristic expectations we pinned on "Apollo" came
crashing back to earth, Benjamin argues, new phenomena took up the
cause. Pulling movies, literature, junk culture, and the Internet
into an irreverent alternative account of the post-"Apollo" years,
she links the demise of the Space Age to groups like the "church"
of Noetics -- founded by astronaut Edgar Mitchell -- to the spread
of UFO believers, even to the birth of fantasy literature.
Propelling us through the golden age of Space Age-dreaming during
the seventies and eighties, Benjamin finally touches down on...the
Web. Has cyberspace become the new frontier we once thought outer
space would be?
From Florida's overgrown rocket graveyards to Roswell, New Mexico,
and beyond, this skillful blend of history and social observation
examines the rise and fall of America's space obsession as never
before.
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