Two things dominated my early childhood. One was jam sandwiches, the other space.
The Apollo moon landings fired my imagination. I was a space junkie by seven. Christmas excitement paled besides the first moon landing.
I was asleep when it happened, too young to stay up to watch. My mum woke me in the morning, “The Eagle has landed” she said. I rushed down to watch talking heads on TV.
School was strange that day. In the excitement, I had forgotten to put any underpants on.
It’s now 40 years since Apollo 11. We never travelled further. Of all the predictions made in 1969, that’s probably the only one that was not suggested.
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foongpc
Yeah, I wonder why after 40 years, man have not travelled further than the moon? : )
July 22, 2009 at 12:05
Tim Neale
They spent all their money on the Space Shuttle and the ISS
July 23, 2009 at 10:23