Watched “The Dish” tonight, about the radio telescope in Australia that relayed audio and TV signals of the moon landing. It’s truly amazing to think about how more than 30 years ago, with only a fraction of the technology we have today, people gathered around their televisions to watch a live broadcast from the moon.
A live broadcast from the moon.
It’s also sad that it was a purely political exercise, and once we’d achieved it there was no motivation to continue the exploration. Watching this movie tonight, though, reminded me that there were a lot of people for whom the moon landing meant something more than just a political race with the Russians – for them, it was about exploration, and reaching beyond the bounds of ourselves. Where is that spirit today?