20 July 1969--Remember??
On 20th of July 1969, Americans landed on the Moon. The celebrated Apollo 11
Lunar Program took Americans to the Moon and Neil Armstrong was the first man to Walk on the Lunar landscape!
We all remember where we were that day. I was in Vermont watching the Lunar Landing on a flickering Black and white TV.
Five additional Apollo missions landed on the Moon between 1969 until 1972.
Fast forward to 2011. The manned U.S. Space Program formally ended with the return of the Shuttle Atlantis. Amazingly the USA will now subcontract its manned flight to Russia. Space is no longer taken very seriously by the current Administration which has cut thousands of scientific jobs, slashed Research and Development, and basically conceded the High Frontier to Russia and waiting in the wings China.
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