50 years ago, on 16 July 1969, Apollo 11 launched towards the moon.
I’ve been listening to Kevin Fong’s podcast “13 minutes to the moon” and I’ve been fascinated by it.
This evening Channel 4 has started its coverage with amazing colour footage of the launch.
I truly can’t believe that it was 50 years ago, I was at my grandparents, watching them land on the moon.
Aged 6 it’s one of my enduring memories and maybe why I got into a technical job. Computers were key to the success of the mission.
We take them for granted now, but boy are they vital to so much, from landing on the moon to guiding you to work.
Thanks to Kennedy, NASA and many many more, they successfully landed – and returned.
I look forward to the world getting back into space. It’s the only way we’ll handle how we’re outgrowing the Earth.
I hope I can be there in my lifetime.