Mar 14, 2019
4 min read
Watching Apollo 11 and My Own Perverse Comfort
Why did it feel so good to see myself in Mission Control?
Ten minutes into watching the new documentary, Apollo 11, I noticed myself slipping into an old feeling … what was it? A feeling of belonging in the control room with all those other men, white men like me. One lone woman appeared in one frame to remind us that we, the white men, were in charge of Mission Control.
