50 years ago, on 16 July 1969, Apollo 11 launched towards the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve been listening to Kevin Fong\u2019s podcast \u201c13 minutes to the moon\u201d and I\u2019ve been fascinated by it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This evening Channel 4 has started its coverage with amazing colour footage of the launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I truly can\u2019t believe that it was 50 years ago, I was at my grandparents, watching them land on the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aged 6 it\u2019s one of my enduring memories and maybe why I got into a technical job. Computers were key to the success of the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We take them for granted now, but boy are they vital to so much, from landing on the moon to guiding you to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to Kennedy, NASA and many many more, they successfully landed – and returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I look forward to the world getting back into space. It\u2019s the only way we\u2019ll handle how we\u2019re outgrowing the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope I can be there in my lifetime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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