We landed on the Moon!

Btw, anyone been watching the History Channel's special tonite?

Apparently the Moon doesn't smell so good according to the Astronauts after they returned into the lunar module, and got out of their suits preparing to launch the lunar module... Only to find out that a crucial switch had loosened, and fell in the panel... American Ingenuity at it's best took over, and Buzz Aldrin used a ball point pen to put the switch in the close position by sticking it into the hole on the panel... There were many other interesting facts that were not mentioned when I was a young adolescent up late at night with my brothers, and my little sister who would normally be in bed any other night except for the fact that my Dad insisted that we all stay up to watch the historical event... I was so proud of my country then and it was one of the catalysts as to why I joined the Navy when I was old enough to do so.

Also, Watching Walter Cronkite (R.I.P. Uncle Walt!) again was kind of magical again,("The day will be forever remembered so long as man survives!") and it sure did bring me back to those heady days when most of the news we were being subjected to was really bad, and to experience such a break form the normally terrible news of urban strife, Vietnam, The Cold War, The potential of Nuclear Armegeddon was such a wonderful experience that my words cannot certainly capture exactly how I felt except for the obvious fact that now that we made it to the Moon, the hope for my future, and everyone else's future was getting ever so brighter by the minute as I became a witness to this historical event in mankind's history.

I'm still VERY PROUD to be an AMERICAN today as I was back in my youth!!!!! However, if we don't get off our "azzez" and, once again become a government of the people, and only of the people of THESE UNITED STATES - PERIOD, and start doing the same level of accomplishments that we were achieving back in those days, we will soon be left behind, by the very same countries we once called our enemies, and foolishly helped develop into economies that will soon dwarf our own, and that scares me because, the youth of today do not have the examples of their country's greatness as I had when I was young to inspire them to do great things as I and many of us whom are around the same age group had the honor to experience.

If we want to help our youth become inspired again, then we MUST return to the Moon, and go from there to the planets and beyond! Stop throwing away money to these countries thar don't deserve anyand instead, use the money to go back and beyond... This is how we will return to our greatness which has since been tarnished by bumbling politicians and bureaucrats that let the special interests groups dominate in our decision making process. As we already know from experience, the benefits as a result of renewing our efforts will be far greater than what we do now with our money... If China or Russia gets there before we return then all bets are off.

I'd like to read what other folks in here think.

Respectfully,
Henry