Moon Glow, Then and Now
Thirty-nine years ago last Sunday America went to the moon, and nothing on Earth was supposed to be the same after that.
Last Sunday was a sunny day around here, and people were talking about gas prices and whether they could afford to drive maybe 400 miles to get the family on vacation this year. They were not – at least not anyone I heard – talking about getting to the moon.
Some guy on TV, as a kicker to a news feature on oil, mentioned with a shrug that next year, on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon shot, there will probably be “a lot of remembrance going on.”
Probably. And they may even drag in Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin to help them remember – if those guys are still around. Right now all three original moon men are ... Read More...
