Robin McKie on the fallen dream that was the moon landings | Science | The Observer

[Paul D. Fernhout]

From:
http://digg.com/space/Apollo_the_dream_that_fell_to_Earth
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jun/21/apollo-fallen-dream
"It is 40 years since the words, 'The Eagle has landed,' sent a thrill
around the world. The Apollo moon missions were to herald a new dawn of
space exploration, of lunar bases, manned missions to Mars, and more. But in
the decades since - and after the Shuttle disasters - America's appetite for
interplanetary flight dwindled. The moon landings marked not the beginning,
but the end, of our space dreams..."

--Paul Fernhout
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