Marketing the moon : the selling of the Apollo lunar program /

In July 1969, ninety-four percent of American televisions were tuned to coverage of Apollo 11's mission to the moon. How did space exploration, once the purview of rocket scientists, reach a larger audience than My Three Sons? Why did a government program whose standard operating procedure had...

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Main Author: Scott, David Meerman
Other Authors: Jurek, Richard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2014]
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Summary:In July 1969, ninety-four percent of American televisions were tuned to coverage of Apollo 11's mission to the moon. How did space exploration, once the purview of rocket scientists, reach a larger audience than My Three Sons? Why did a government program whose standard operating procedure had been secrecy turn its greatest achievement into a communal experience? In Marketing the Moon, David Meerman Scott and Richard Jurek tell the story of one of the most successful marketing and public relations campaigns in history: the selling of the Apollo program.
Physical Description:xiii, 130 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 29 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-129).
ISBN:9780262026963 (hbk.)
0262026961 (hbk.)