The lessons Neil, Buzz, and all the intrepid explorers who strapped on a rocket and raced to the moon, taught me have shaped who I am and inspired me to reach and learn.
It was getting dark, but the moon was bright enough for me to see two very wide, deep tire tracks in the sand, leading all the way back up to the main road.
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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The moon was out, and so it was somewhat risky for me to go around to the dining room and look in the window.
Outside the window of my hillside house, a full moon had set the whitewashed houses aglow and the unearthly light drew me out of my room and down to the coastal walkway for a dreamy ramble.
He once told me that when he entered Princeton in 1969, man had landed on the moon, inspiring him to pursue physics and space technology.
On the moon, we had one-sixth of Earth's gravity, allowing Neil and me to move around easily in the Eagle to put on equipment for our walk.
When I learned about the upcoming moon landing, I asked someone in a position of authority if it would be possible for me to order my own copy of The Times (which cost 10 cents) covering this piece of history and have the money debited from my candy account at the camp store.
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She stiffened and moved away from me, but I turned up the music and we settled back to drive and watch the moon come up.
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