BREAKING NEWS (July 20, 2005):NASA will try to launch the Shuttle again on Tuesday, July 26. I'll have more news as it comes in.
36 years ago today, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on another world. I was too young to remember it clearly (I remember the launch of Apollo 15 much better; my family went to Florida to see it). I only vaguely remember the other landings, too. Somehow, that seems wrong. Anniversaries are supposed to be at least a little nostalgic, I guess, but still. There's way too much nostalgia in this one. It's just been way too long since we've gone back. And this time there are better reasons. Well, the cold war was actually a pretty good reason. And there were other reasons too-- the lessons learned, the technology pushed, the inspiration it gave to a generation of people (me included). But ...
