Much had been said about mankind stepping on the moon. All I know is it was the most fascinating and exciting time of my young life. It was a time when anything was possible. It inspired much of the modern technology we take for granted today.
I remember reading novels, such as Arthur C. Clark’s, 2001 A Space Odyssey, with firm expectation that the space station, moon base, and deep space probes shown would be there at the turn of the millennium. Yet after a handful of lunar missions, we let the dream die.
Fifty years after we landed on the moon, we have yet to see anyone else repeat the experiment, or better yet, fly farther out. In a few hundred years, our ancestors may debate why we stopped when we were so close. I hope they do it while sipping Champagne from a zero-G cup, or from a dome on another planet.
I wrote the short story Apollo’s Children as a tribute. I hope you enjoy it.
Pd Michel