That's One Small Step for Man...
Wired:Armstrong and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin left the Apollo 11 command module (piloted by Michael Collins) in orbit and performed a landing in the lunar module Eagle. At 4:18 p.m. EDT, Armstrong announced to a watching and waiting world that "The Eagle has landed." Six-and-a-half hours later, he stepped onto the powdery surface with the words, "That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Aldrin soon followed Armstrong down the ladder to become the second man to stand on the moon.
It is one of the pinnacles of human achievement. To have gone to another body in the universe, to attempt to quench the thirst Man feels to see what it around the next corner.
Buzz and Neil left this plaque behind:
Also, it reminds me I need to buy this t-shirt.
(Hero/Hack will be up in a couple hours.)
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