Counting Down to Apollo

One American's account of watching humanity reach the Moon

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Mercury May 26, 1961

Before the Decade Is Out

President Kennedy told Congress we're going to the Moon. Before the decade is out. That's 1969, eight years from now. The Moon. My neighbor Harold says it's a waste of money. I told Harold that people probably said the same thing about Columbus. Harold said Columbus didn't cost four billion…
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