Counting Down to Apollo

One American's account of watching humanity reach the Moon

Archive: September 1973

Reflections September 1, 1973

The Summer I Fell in Love with the Space Program

It started with a radio in 1961. A man named Gagarin. Coffee going cold. Twelve years later: twelve men on the Moon. I've been paying attention the whole time. I still am. I keep looking up. I keep thinking: next. What's next. Where do we go from here? I hope…
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