[matt_e]

I highly recommend the book 'Full Moon' compiled by photographer Michael Light. He's gone through the archives and reproduced many of the old medium format photographs taken by the astronauts on the Apollo Missions. I find the shots from the astronauts on board the craft at least as fascinating as the moon landscapes, seeing them up there strapped into technology (apparent from design, typography, etc) that's so clearly from an era that from today's POV looks so archaic. It really gives an appreciation for how badass those guys were, trapped in a little glass and metal bubble way out in the middle of nowhere, so far from any kind of life support.

http://www.michaellight.net/workFullMoon.html

[goatforce5]

> so clearly from an era that from today's POV looks so archaic

I managed to get maybe 45 minutes at the Smithsonian on a quick visit to DC 15+ years ago. Being able to go right up next to the actual capsules that some of the early astronauts had used and seeing the rivets didn't always exactly line up, or bundles of cables tied together with bits of string... It all looked a bit rickety.

Those guys had giant balls to be strapped in to those rockets and hope for the best.