{"id":220,"date":"2009-07-20T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davetraynor.com\/wp2\/2009\/07\/20\/michael-collins-carrying-fire\/"},"modified":"2016-10-29T05:49:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T05:49:17","slug":"michael-collins-carrying-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davetraynor.com\/wp2\/2009\/07\/20\/michael-collins-carrying-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Collins: \u201cCarrying The Fire: An Astronaut\u2019s Journeys\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the anniversary of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_11\">Apollo 11<\/a> moon landing. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andy_Ihnatko\">Andy Ihnatko<\/a> honoured the day by dragging out his copy of Michael Collins&#8217; &#8220;Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut&#8217;s Journeys:&#8221; and <a href=\"http:\/\/ihnatko.com\/index.php\/2009\/07\/20\/michael-collins-carrying-the-fire-an-astronauts-journeys\/\">crafting a very moving and timely blog post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last night I got down my copy of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0374531943?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=andihnscelwas-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0374531943\">Carrying  the Fire: An Astronaut\u2019s Journeys<\/a>,\u201d Michael Collins\u2019 first-person account of  Apollo 11. It\u2019s one of the most marvelous books about the space program ever  written. It was published shortly after the landings and stays firmly in the  orbit of the events of July 16-24 1969 (the training, the engineering, and the  mission itself), but also provides important context and background. As pilot of the command module, Collins was no idle spectator to the moment  when Armstrong and Aldrin became the first to step foot on the Moon. Firstly,  because his role was no less important than that of the two astronauts who  undocked from the command module and set off for the Sea of  Tranquility. Secondly\u2026because he was on the wrong side of the Moon at the time.  Ironically enough, he was closer to the event than any other man or woman\u2026but he  couldn\u2019t even listen to the radio chatter, let alone watch it live on video.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Andy copied out some of the more memorable parts from Collins&#8217; book about the time when Aldrin and Armstrong were down on the surface. It&#8217;s a great perspective. As Andy notes, after 40 years, we are tempted to take what happened for granted. Reading these first-person accounts make us realize just how gripping and risky it really was. No one knew what was going to happen &#8211; they just went ahead and did it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. 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