How come you didn't see the whole of the Moon?

[pollyannaish]

The Independent:

Every schoolchild knows that the "small step for man" and the "giant leap for mankind" are words uttered by Neil Armstrong during the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing. But now the famously reclusive astronaut has made a rare foray into the public arena to give an answer to a puzzling question: having gone all that way at such vast expense, why were the steps and leaps so few?

The subject arose when science blogger Robert Krulwich mused on his National Public Radio page about why Armstrong and crewmate Buzz Aldrin had covered an area barely larger than a football pitch. "The trip was a 'leap' to be sure, a fantastic accomplishment," he wrote. "But the first Moon explorers explored an astonishingly small area." There it might have rested.

But much to Krulwich's surprise, he got an answer – and from the commander himself.

Read more at The Independent

[pollyannaish]

Interesting response from Armstrong. I find it sad that we don't have the national will to pursue large scale projects like this anymore.

[Valin]

Interesting response from Armstrong. I find it sad that we don't have the national will to pursue large scale projects like this anymore.

 

 

Humans will go back there, it's a question of who will it be.

 

 

Remember Portugal was at one time the leaders in european exploration. Will history remember America as the Portugal of space?

[Pepper]

Pollyannaish!

 

Fascinating article. Under Obamao we won't be making any plans to go there for sure. In fact, the we've been there done that IIRC was uttered by either him, Gibbs, or some other loser.

 

 

 

PS There are some losers at the article's comments but probably par for the course.

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