Forty years ago, as I at the age of three,
eagerly looked forward to the arrival of Santa Claus, man left the moon for
what has so far been the last time. Gene Cernan left with these words:
"I'm
on the surface; and, as I take man's last step from the surface, back home for
some time to come — but we believe not too long into the future — I'd like to
just [say] what I believe history will record. That America's challenge of
today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at
Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return: with
peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17."
I
was born into a spacefaring nation. Children born today cannot say that.
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