About Russell Baker
Russell Baker was an American journalist, narrator and writer. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his satirical commentary and for his autobiography Growing Up in 1982. He wrote a column for The New York Times for 36 years and hosted eleven seasons of the PBS series Masterpiece Theatre.
![“What [man landing on the moon] is doing up there is indulging his obsession with the impossible. The impossible infuriates and tantalizes him. Show him an impossible job and he will reduce it to a possibility so trite that eventually it bores him.” quote by Russell Baker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9f9/russell-baker-2930_bores_what-man-landing-on-the-moon-is-doing-up_2696120.jpg)
