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40 Years

Frayed Knot Jul 19 2009 07:05 PM

"Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed."

metirish Jul 19 2009 07:59 PM

Fascinated me as a kid , who wasn't I suppose . I'm pretty sure back then if someone asked me what the USA would be doing on the moon by the time I was 36 I'm certain it would be something other than nothing.

Frayed Knot Jul 20 2009 12:17 PM

Only twelve* men have ever walked on the moon. Of those dozen, nine are still living. The youngest survivor turns 74 later this year. The oldest start hitting 80 next year. It's conceivable that within the next decade there will be no one alive who ever set foot there. I don't think anyone would have bet on that after 6 landings occurred in a 3-1/2 year span ending in December 1972. * Neil Armstrong -- b 1930 Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin -- 1930 Charles Conrad -- 1930 - 1999 Alan Bean -- 1932 Alan Shepard -- 1923 - 1998 Edgar Mitchell -- 1930 David Scott -- 1932 James Irwin -- 1930 - 1991 John Young -- 1930 Charles Duke -- 1935 Eugene Cernan -- 1934 Harrison Schmidt -- 1935

Edgy DC Jul 20 2009 01:12 PM

I'm thinking that after commercial enterprises hit Luna and start trying to exploit her --- I'm thinking casinos --- the US will take renewed interest.