Wonders of the Moon review – a timely celebration of all things lunar

This week ’s extravaganza is a nice excuse for a documentary that takes in Apollo 12 astronauts, coral having sex and Pink FloydThe supermoon? Yes, I know this, and why it ’s in the news. Now that it seems the president of the United Stateswill be visiting us after all, in October, a supermoon will be our welcome. Protesters will line the street and, when the motorcade passes, they will bow, facing the other way, with their pants around their ankles –#ShowYourRumpToTrump– no, really, look it up. Asuper blue blood moon, though? Well, that I assume is when Prince Harry joins in, too, from an upstairs window of the palace. Yeah, get a load of this, Meghan says you ’re a misogynist, and you’re not coming to the wedding … Oh, that will have already happened. Well, Michelle and Barack are there, top table, so yah boo sucks to you.The first earthling visitors were Soviet tortoises, launched into orbit in 1968. Are they still there, circling?Continue reading...
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