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| Neil Armstrong Astronaut and intrepid Explorer |
I remember, as a 19 year old , staying up in the early hours of the morning, to watch the black and white TV broadcast of Neil descending the ladder on the side of 'Eagle', the Lunar Entry Module. In 1969, I had just become an undergraduate at Manchester University and shared with Neil a desire to push boundaries and explore an expanding and changing Universe. Now, as an old man, it gives me great pleasure that my oldest grandson, who has grown up in 'electronic times' where computer generated images display the unreal acheivements of 'virtual heroes', recognises and has a poster of Neil Armstrong, 'The First Man to walk on the Moon'.
'That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.' Neil Armstrong July 20th 1969.
The Apollo Missions were inspirational to my generation and have provided a technological and electronic legacy that is probably without parallel in modern times.
Great exploits of exploration require; brave men and women, dedicated and innovative teams of scientists and engineers, responsible and focussed planners and managers, politicians that dare to accept enormous challenges and set inspirational goals, and the unwavering support of the public "To boldly go where no one has been before". StarTrek The Next Generation
"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too. " John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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