The Apollo 11 Space Flight: Man Explores the Moon and Gains Perspectiv

The 1960s brought cultural chemise through outbreaks of violence and contention. The Love and Peace slogan led to a bloody fear of War and Hate. It was an era of protest and revolt. The decade began with the assassinations of jakes F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., escalated with the viciousness of Vietnam, and ended with the suspicion of Watergate. And somewhere in the dismay of freedom, we saw two Americans walk on the moon. It was while staring at that crystalline sphere hovering above us that we pondered the scope of our opportunity. On that fiery summer night it was a miracle of technology, a step into a revolutionary world, a celebrated triumph. We engaged in a political hunt to the moon against the Communists with a democratic pride that launched us to a natural age of scientific exploration. They were footsteps that would be talked about for centuries bringing information that would crop us for decades. Americas work for the Moon Following the Atomic Bomb of de mesne War II, the United States was a recognized Superpower, the technological king of advancement. through and through our new Elvis albums and poodle skirts, we were enjoying the satisfaction of being the winning team. However, in 1957, our pride was pierced when news hit that Russia had successfully launched Sputnik, the first soupy satellite to circle the earth. As President Kennedy said, We are behind and give be for a period in the future (Sullivan 142). We were no overnight the superior champions we once were. The Soviet Union seemed unstoppable by 1961 Russian Major Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the earth in a spaceship. Less than two months later, the United States publicly announced their 20 one million million million dollar space program, Project... ...s. By viewing the Earth as a whole, we discovered truths about humanity that sparked a new perspective of legal opinion and understanding for our generation and the generations to come. We touched the fa ce of another world, and became people without limits (Chaikin ix). whole works Cited Chaikin, Andrew. A Man on the Moon The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts. New York Penguin Books, 1994. Folger, Tim, Sarah Richardson, and Carl Zimmer. Remembering Apollo. offend July 1994 38-58. Spirit of Apollo A Collection of Reflective Interviews. AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1989. Sullivan, Walter, ed. Americas Race for the Moon The New York Times Story of Apollo. New York Random sept Publishers, 1962. Wilford, John Noble. We Reach the Moon the New York Times story of Mans superior Adventure. New York Bantum Books, 1969.