
On Saturday (July 20th), we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of mankind’s giant leap, our footfall on the dusty surface of the moon. Just about every blogger over the age of forty made mention of it last week or over the weekend. I didn’t, because as great an achievement as landing on the lunar surface was, the greater goal was achieved at 12:50pm EDT on July 24, 1969. The men who walked on the moon returned safely to the earth, fulfilling President Kennedy’s mandate to do so. I am very fortunate to have been born during the Apollo era, and even more fortunate to have grown up during an age when space shots were still awe-inspiring.
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