Thanks for starting this thread. I'd heard a bit on NPR about it, the other day. I remember being really fascinated with this until the summer of 1969 when they actually walked on the moon. That summer I was too busy being a rebellious sixteen year old and barely registered what had been done when my mom pointed it out on the tv that day as I ran in and out going out with friends.:-<

One of my proudest moments, later in life, was when my son won a top spot in the Wyoming Science Fair and actually stood on stage with one of the astronauts who'd walked on the moon and who congratulated him, shook his hand, and gave him an award! It was really neat!

In memory of the Space Shuttle crash of 2003, there is a moment-by-moment thread here on Mudcat, as we found out: Space Shuttle Crash?

kat