Richards was just one of many children left wide-eyed and inspired by the moon landings.
That era continued through several successive moon landings, ending with Apollo 17 in 1972.
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And in 2009, two Bangladeshi newspapers apologised after publishing an Onion article claiming the Moon landings were faked.
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Five more Apollo moon landings would follow before the program ended in 1972.
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It is part of the history section of the terrific Nasa website and is a fascinating archive of the Apollo Moon landings.
The children of the moon landings have grown up: they now hold the positions of power to make their dreams come alive.
The thing that inspired me to become an astronaut was watching the Apollo moon landings many, many years ago with my parents.
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By today's standards the Apollo 11 onboard computer was pretty crude, but it was ahead of its time and was crucial for America's successful Moon landings.
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The many moon landings are just the most obvious on the plus side of the ledger, the twin space shuttle disasters the most grievous on the negative side.
By diverting time and resources towards manned moon landings, the US government may have delayed useful exploitation of space by decades (a similar argument can be made against the original transcontinental railroad).
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Although small moon rocks (roughly 1 gram each) were presented to U.S. governors and some heads of state following the manned moon landings, they remain the property of the state or country, not the individual who received them.
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