Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Forty-three years ago mission commander Neil A. Armstrong and lunar module pilot Edwin Eugene ‘Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. walked on the moon while command module pilot Michael Collins orbited above. A few days from now, however, will mark the 43rd anniversary of the day people really reacted to what just happened. As with all major events in time, there is always a day of reflection. I'd like to honor that day of reflection with my top 10 thoughts about the Apollo 11 moon landing.
It was a comeback victory in the space race against the Soviets
I'd even say, we made the Soviets look like chumps. We won the space race by putting a man on the moon. Sure, the Soviets were there first, having bounced their Luna 2 spacecraft off the moon 10 years earlier, but we left our footprints there. The Cold War may have lasted another 15 years or so after that, but it gave us the confidence to make movies like Red Dawn. It also showed the world what could be achieved by democracy over communism. From my father, who was in the Navy at the time:
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