Random conversation in Matt McGrath’s office a couple years ago after reading Nick Chrisman’s book we all knew

Apollo 8 takes first images of Earth from deep space orbiting the Moon during Christmas

• Apollo 8 takes first images of Earth from deep space orbiting the Moon during Christmas

• National Geographic Society publishes their map of the moon

• Indexes hundreds of lunar features
• Landing spots for lunar missions
• Descriptions of the moon's phases
• Depicts the moon’s revolution in relation to the Earth and Sun
• How the moon affects tides on Earth

Whole Earth Catalog first published

• Whole Earth Catalog first published

• Purpose was to provide education and "access to tools" in order that the reader could "find his own inspiration, shape his own environment, and share his adventure with whoever is interested."
• Steve Jobs considered the Catalog a conceptual forerunner of a Web search engine, “sort of like Google in paperback form … it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions”