When the World Looked Up

Lots of moon-landing related material on the interwebs today, but it doesnt feel quite the same since Cronkite is gone. He covered it the best of any journalist at the time, but what's important to remember about the moon landing is that it is seen as man's greatest achievement. People often forget that it was essentially brought on by the national will to beat the Russians at something, and before the Apollo program, NASA was a joke. But the men they found to conquer the new frontier were giants among men, and deserve all the credit in the universe for their courage.

Tonight Discovery Channel has the miniseries about the Apollo program with the new landing footage, History Channel has a new docudrama, and TCM is showing the great space exploration films, including my personal favorite "The Right Stuff."

Take a moment to look up at that rock tonight, and imagine when man touched its surface.