As the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, it sought the expertise of preeminent space policy and history scholar, and Elliott School Professor Emeritus, John M. Logsdon. As founder of the Elliott School’s Space Policy Institute (SPI) and award-winning author of John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon, Logsdon helped moderate the SPI "One giant leap: Space diplomacy past, present and future" event, which featured Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. He also offered uniquely qualified commentary and received special mention across a range of media. In addition to extensive US media attention, Logsdon interacted with print, radio or television outlets from Belgium, Brazil, France, Slovakia, Spain and the United Kingdom among other countries.
Don’t miss select coverage at:
- Space.com: “It's 2019. Why haven't humans gone back to the moon since the Apollo missions?”
- The Los Angeles Times: “The Apollo 11 mission to the moon launched 50 years ago. These 8 books tell the story.”
- Yahoo News: “Americans support NASA but not a return to the moon, new poll says.”
- The New York Times: “We went to the moon. Why can’t we solve climate change.”
- The New York Times: “For 50 years since Apollo 11, presidents have tried to take that next giant leap.”
- C-SPAN: “John Logsdon on the 50th year anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.”
- The Orlando Sentinel: “It’s been 47 years since Americans walked on the moon in Apollo. Why haven’t we gone back?”
- BuzzFeedNews: “We got to the moon six times. Here's why America really, really didn’t want to go back.”
- PBS NewsHour: “5 ways to relive the excitement of the Apollo 11 moon landing.”