There are still a few of us left who worked on the Apollo
Project. If that’s you, hoist a glass of whatever it is you drink at our age. And
think back…
With slide-rule accuracy and paper blueprints, with computers less
powerful than a 10-year-old wristwatch, and only a precious few years after the
Van Allen Radiation Belts were discovered, we
went to the moon.
Six times
out of the seven attempts.
Twelve human beings.
Walked.
On the moon.
Played golf.
Drove a Goleta-built moon buggy.
21 humans launched.
21 humans returned safely.