On July 20, we marked the 45 th anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon. Like most people, I was pinned to the television to watch the grainy pictures of the first steps by Apollo 11 astronauts on an alien world. Once Apollo was over, human exploration of the Moon ended. In fact, we retreated to near Earth orbit and left exploration farther out to automated probes and instrumented landers. I must admit that I am disappointed when I realize that my grandchildren have never seen a real live person walk on the Moon. Apollo is ancient history for them. In addition, the United States no longer has an active crewed spacecraft capable of achieving orbit. With the end of the Space Shuttle program, Americans are dependent on Russians to take American astronauts into space. NASA talks about human missions to Mars, but I would not hold my breath about the possibilities. The United States Air Force seems more interested in dron...
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