Excellent mini-series, with some episodes clearly being superior to others. I felt that the first 7 episodes were far better than the rest, with the best episode focusing on the ingenuity of creating the LM, and the out-side of the box thinking involved in creating this one of a kind vehicle. Most of the episodes had an enjoyably light tone that allowed you to marvel at the amazing journeys and all that lead up to them, but could get serious on difficult topics such as the fire in Apollo 1 and the stress imposed on the wives of the astronauts. I also enjoyed how the focus was on the less well known aspects of the Apollo program, such as the decisions that went into which astronaut would be the first on the moon (essentially decided by the shape of the backpacks and the positions of the Armstrong and Aldrin in the LM, the amount of time the astronauts spent with the design teams showing that they were much more than mere pilots and the geology lessons they all undertook to be able to bring back the best scientific evidence.
Review of From the Earth to the Moon
