50 years ago today, man landed on the moon. I remember as a child watching with endless fascination the constant coverage on tv especially with news legend Walter Cronkite every step of the way. Even a black and white image on tv carried such high drama. This never ever happened before. You were watching history in the making as the whole family sat rapt in attention. I couldn't believe this was happening for real, yet it was. My dad was an astrophysicist who had ties to the space program, and even he was captivated.
There is a true story how sci-fi writer Arthur C Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey) made a bet in the 1950s that we would land a man on the moon by June 1969. He lost the bet by one month.
I join everyone in celebrating a milestone accomplishment in history that not only Americans can be proud, but as a pinnacle of human experience and wonder. Here's to that and the men and women who helped make it happen especially heroes Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins.
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