Which statement is false? walter cronkite’s enthusiastic coverage of the space race promote the program to the american public. the media’s approach to covering space exploration during the 1960s was to tell the story and focus on the people behind the science. live television media coverage had a profound impact on how the apollo 11 moon landing was experienced by people throughout the world. the social context of the 1960s discouraged innovation and exploration because people were afraid of new technologies and feared being overrun by space aliens.