When President John F. Kennedy decided in 1960 that the United States would put a man on the Moon in ten years, most of the technology to accomplish the task was not yet available. The decision to set the goal — the belief in its possibility and the belief that it could be achieved — produced the necessary …
On July 20, 1969, the most significant triumph of mankind — a triumph of thought, will, determination, and execution — occurred. On this day, over forty years ago, Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin alit on the Moon. That object that illuminated our nights and our myths for millennia was finally being touched and explored …
