Read some news yesterday which I found to be rather exciting. NASA is making plans to put people on the moon again, perhaps as early as 2018.
You can check this story out at space.com.
Just last week I rented a DVD from Netflix which incorporated NASA video and television coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing. I watched it with my son. For me, it was a wonderful chance to relive history. I told my son how I remember being called in from outside where I was playing in order to watch the grainy, but accessible, pictures, live, from the moon. How heart-stoppingly exciting it was! And here I was, watching that exact same footage, combined with some color footage taken from Buzz Aldrin's camera inside the lunar module. Wow!
For my son, it was interesting, but history, of course. Even in his short life-time there have been a couple of shuttle launches and other than one disaster, nothing remarkable about them (per the eyes of an 8 year old).
What a wonderful opportunity for him to witness, or even be a part of!, another moon landing.
Let's hope we're all here to see it.
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"Perhaps as early as 2018"? Thirteen years from now? When JFK issued his famous challenge to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, we did it. In less than ten years. And that was 36 years ago. Technologically, haven't we advanced some since then? We've been to the moon. Why's it going to take 13 years to get there this time?
Yeah, I agree with you, but let's bear in mind the administration we've got, AND the set-backs NASA has had in the last decade. I think it's great that there's a plan at all with this in mind.
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