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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
—Neil Armstrong
You will be missed sir.
A quarter million miles from home, in another land.
Landing on that landscape after Eagle separated from Columbia? These guys were totally focused..Total concentration...That or doom, no go back. Even Armstrong thought it was about 50/50.
Total guts/dedication. Real explorers, real history.