James May on the Moon is a BBC documentary in which James May commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings.In the show May is interviewing Apollo astronauts Harrison Schmitt, Alan Bean, and Charlie Duke, before himself experiencing weightlessness and G-forces similar to that of a Saturn V rocket launch.As a passenger in a Lockheed U-2 spy plane, May flies to the edge of space. The sixty minute BCC special comes on YouTube in six parts. It is best viewed in full screen mode - one, two, three, four, five and six. The U-2 reminds me of a name from history --- Wise County Virginia's Francis Gary Powers. Sunday, August 2, 2009
BBC's James May Documents Era of Apollo
James May on the Moon is a BBC documentary in which James May commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings.In the show May is interviewing Apollo astronauts Harrison Schmitt, Alan Bean, and Charlie Duke, before himself experiencing weightlessness and G-forces similar to that of a Saturn V rocket launch.As a passenger in a Lockheed U-2 spy plane, May flies to the edge of space. The sixty minute BCC special comes on YouTube in six parts. It is best viewed in full screen mode - one, two, three, four, five and six. The U-2 reminds me of a name from history --- Wise County Virginia's Francis Gary Powers.
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