Apollo 11 Significant For Science, Technology Written 18 July 2019
18 July 2019
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that July 20 “marks the 50-year anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that saw three astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins travel to where no man had gone before.” Apart from the “obvious reason the historic Apollo 11 mission was so important, there are other reasons the mission made a lasting impact on the country and the world,” with some historical analyses crediting “the Apollo 11 mission with the start of the digital revolution and other major technological gains.” (Image: In this July 16, 1969 file photo, from right, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin walk to the van that will take the crew to the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. (Image: In this July 16, 1969 photo, Neil Armstrong (right), Michael Collins (middle) and Buzz Aldrin (left) walk to the van that will take the crew to the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center. Credit: Associated Press-©)
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that July 20 “marks the 50-year anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that saw three astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins travel to where no man had gone before.” Apart from the “obvious reason the historic Apollo 11 mission was so important, there are other reasons the mission made a lasting impact on the country and the world,” with some historical analyses crediting “the Apollo 11 mission with the start of the digital revolution and other major technological gains.” (Image: In this July 16, 1969 file photo, from right, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin walk to the van that will take the crew to the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. (Image: In this July 16, 1969 photo, Neil Armstrong (right), Michael Collins (middle) and Buzz Aldrin (left) walk to the van that will take the crew to the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center. Credit: Associated Press-©)
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