Sep 17 2009
Moon Landing
40 years, a month and a few months ago, three men from the USA landed safely on the moon after the eleventh attempt which didn’t work like all the other ones before it. It was stunning for people to see this bonza event as it had never been accomplished before. Over 600 million people from all over the world sat at their televisions to see just what would happen next. Would it work? There was only one way to find out.
“Tranquility base, the eagle has landed.”
FINALLY! The day had come. The breaths were let out. The jaws were dropped.
Then out came Neil Armstrong.
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Buzz Aldrin followed. Maybe Michael Collins was either happy to have just landed or he might have felt, “I wish I was out there.”
Australia played an important role in this even if it was the americans landing on the moon. We were in charge of receiving the signals to the tracking station at Honeysuckle creek outside Canberra.
The Americans want to send more people to the moon to practise for longer missions to Mars. But some people steam is blowing out of their ears. They think that the problems on earth should be fixed first and then they can do the moon and mars jobs. It doesn’t matter so long as we always remember the famous moon landing 40 years ago.
By Elise 
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I remember it Elise! I don’t think the children of today would have been impressed. It was a far cry from LCD. You could hear and see very little. The debate about solving the immediate problems and exploring new frontiers is a difficult one. Man has always wanted to investigate the unknown but an enormous amount of money is spent when it is desperately needed to relieve suffering on earth. I think what governments try to do is a bit of both.
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