Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:53:09 -0400
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
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Subject: [WSFA] Man on the moon: moment of greatness that defined the American century
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Excerpt:
But then the moment itself was not about Armstrong. It was about his
nation. The achievement was not stepping off that ladder and kicking up
the dust on the moon. It was about the thousands of engineers who had
worked so hard to get him there. It was about the public money poured
into the sheer effort by a government determined to explore beyond the
bounds of earth, now that every corner of the globe was known. It was
about celebrating the wealthiest and most powerful nation the world has
ever seen and the nature of its crowning achievement: not the conquest
of another people, but the act of putting one of its own on another
world. If ever America deserved to feel proud =96 and the world
instinctively felt proud of America =96 it was then. Of course, the momen=
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is now seen within an historic context.
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<http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/aug/25/man-moon-american-century>=

mark

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