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Article: A LAPSE OF WILL
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 20, 1987
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Eighteen years ago today, the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the
surface of the moon, and for the first time a human stepped onto
another world. That grand achievement was followed by five other
manned lunar landings, the last of them in December 1972.
The Apollo program of lunar exploration was notable for its
sureness of purpose, its high drama and its stunning record of
success. At six places on the surface of the moon there are human
footprints in the dust. No wind or rain will erase them, only a slow
bombardment by micrometeorites. The footprints will endure for
generations. Meanwhile, on Earth, the Apollo missions recede into
history. Even now they seem like science fiction or part of ...