Jul 20 1974
From The Space Library
A New York Times editorial commented on the fifth anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing: "On 20 July 1969, millions of people all over the globe watched .. as Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong's great left boot groped for the lunar surface and he made his 'one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.' Today, just five years later, many Americans would Americans hard put to name all three participants of the original mission. "The attention of the world ... has turned to problems closer to home. Yet when those future centuries look back on this one, the first time that men landed on another celestial body will loom large and they will be remembered long after those in today's headlines have passed beyond recall." (NYT, 20 July 74, 30)
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