Thirty nine years ago today, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon. Buzz Aldrin followed and Michael Collins orbited above in the Command Module. I remember being allowed to stay up, or I should say my parents let me get out of bed, to watch the grainy black and white picture on our old B&W TV. It was incredible.
We have gone virtually nowhere since then, even though we had the ability to reach out into space. Some day I’m sure we will. It’s all a matter of profit. Exploration, or rather its funding, always is.
But whatever the motivation, it was done, and for the people in the trenches not a small part of the reason was personal pride and a sense of history. I’ve seen some interviews with those involved and they weren’t working just for the money, they knew that lives were on the line and history was being made.
So I wanted to mark the day.
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