50 Years Ago Today!
Happy 50th anniversary of the moon landing!
July 20, 1969. Do you remember? I do. The black and white tv going in the living room. My father going berserk. "We're on the moon, Susan! We're on the moon!"
I hate to admit it but I wasn't as thrilled as he was. Looking back I think that was because I felt like I'd been hearing about the United States going to the moon for most of my life. I thought it was jsut the next thing, a done deal. Normal.
It wasn't until I was a grownup that I began to grasp how completely unlikely, insane, fantastic the moon mission was. Think about it: there is more computer power in your 20-year-old car than there was on Apollo 11. Would you have climbed aboard? I don't think I would have.
What did a little kid know about the extraordinary courage of those smiling astronauts?
But I learned. And I was floored.
God bless America, people. There is nothing we can't do, as long as we hang onto that spirit.
July 20, 1969. Do you remember? I do. The black and white tv going in the living room. My father going berserk. "We're on the moon, Susan! We're on the moon!"
I hate to admit it but I wasn't as thrilled as he was. Looking back I think that was because I felt like I'd been hearing about the United States going to the moon for most of my life. I thought it was jsut the next thing, a done deal. Normal.
It wasn't until I was a grownup that I began to grasp how completely unlikely, insane, fantastic the moon mission was. Think about it: there is more computer power in your 20-year-old car than there was on Apollo 11. Would you have climbed aboard? I don't think I would have.
What did a little kid know about the extraordinary courage of those smiling astronauts?
But I learned. And I was floored.
God bless America, people. There is nothing we can't do, as long as we hang onto that spirit.
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