After Eugene Cernan and his crew stepped off their helicopter and Apollo’s lunar programme began its recession into history, many commentators have tried to weigh up its position in history with arguments that range from Apollo as a shallow political stunt hatched from the hubris of America’s political establishment, to it being the first step in the movement of our species off this planet into the wider cosmos. Perhaps it depends on whether the glass is seen as being half empty or half full.


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    Title :

    Epilogue


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    Published in:

    How Apollo Flew to the Moon ; Chapter : 15 ; 381-382


    Publication date :

    2008-01-01


    Size :

    2 pages




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    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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