“Ten years after the American moon landing — 20 since Sputnik 1 — astronauts and space-race lore have receded enough into the past to warrant rethinking. Tom Wolfe tells the early space story as if it were myth, and it is.”
Originally published September 16, 1979
“Maybe the whole thing is simulated,” a space age speed freak with an overdose of paranoia said. “Maybe they’re not up there at all.”
Originally published July 24, 1969