The authors purpose for writing this was to discuss of the different Apollo programs, the type of missions they had and what they did.
The author emphasizes on what the Apollo missions were about and how long they were. The author emphasized on these details to show that the moon landing came in steps and didn’t just happen on the first day.
The methods the author used was dates and they helped by showing us how long the missions took.
The authors point of view is in third person, this point of view affects the meaning of the text by showing that the author did not have first hand experience about the Apollo missions. This makes the text more informative as for the author to know these exact details they would need to do extension research.
Its most likely that the father believes that his son has chosen a self destructive-path
