Introduction to the series 30 years since the landing on the moon
2.7.1999
The scientist - thirty years since the landing on the moon
By Avi Blizovsky
July 199
In the picture - the Earth as photographed for the first time
As a blue marble from the Apollo 8 spacecraft
In the editorial of "Haaretz" of July 21, 1969, it was compared
Apollo's landing on the moon in the wee hours that morning according to the clock
Israel (towards the end of July 20 US time) no less and no less
More than the discovery of America by Columbus. "The viewer in his ship
of Columbus shouted Tara! Tara! and discovered America. 477 years
After this reading, and if everything goes well (and it's good that you wrote the
This reservation, in one of the chapters we will expand on the twenty Shiites
that the astronauts were far from dead), will echo from outer space
Reading Luna! Luna! Will the conquest of the moon leave its mark on
Chronicles like the discovery of America and its return? We find it difficult to predict
The face of the world in thirty years. So why should we be wrong in our predictions?
For hundreds of years? The feeling is that Armstrong and Aldrin landed on
The moon is a milestone, and that what happened yesterday is after today."
In the end, Armstrong's first words were different –
one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
In this series we will review from the point of time that the authors of the article aimed for
The original, the answer to the question of whether the moon landing was a stone
Through, how did this enormous effort affect the human race, on
Culture, about everyday life and the human spirit. Also the achievements
The scientific reasons for this achievement are not negligible, but it is known to all that it is not because of them
The massive project was done.
Roger Leonius, from the NASA History Office claims that a project
Apollo arose from the desire to deal with an undesirable situation (feeling
world of Soviet control of space and technology), and he handled
on these issues well. Although Kennedy's political goals were achieved
Basically with the decision to reach the moon, the Apollo project took on a new life
himself over the years and left an important legacy to the nation and to supporters of research
the space. His success was enormous, and came at a time when American society was
in crisis
] In general, the Apollo project should be seen primarily, and the Apollo flight
11 In particular, a turning point in the history of the American nation. was
It is an effort that has demonstrated the technological and economic performance of
the United States and established its supremacy over the target rival nations
The most important of the plan, when it was first run by an administration
Kennedy in 1961 - it was a huge commitment, which then cost 25.4
billion dollars (equivalent to an amount of 120 billion dollars of
Today, when only the construction of the Panama Canal equaled its size
of the Apollo program, as the non-military technological mission undertaken
ever by the United States.
According to him, any assessment of the Apollo project, which does not recognize the achievement of
Land an American on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the end
The decade is neither perfect nor accurate, as this was the goal
The first of the mission. The second goal - the Apollo project was
Victory of the management ability while combining with the achievement of the requirements
the technologies.
] But the most important implication is that the Apollo project forced the
The world's population see the earth in a new light. Apollo
8 was essential for this change, since during its journey in space the crew on it took pictures
the earth through a television camera and thus for the first time
Humanity saw its home from a distance as a "blue marble", tiny, cute
and breakage, which depends on the darkness of space. When the Apollo space shuttle arrived
8 The moon on Christmas Eve, 1968 had a strong appearance of the Earth as well
More when the team sent pictures of Earth while reading the
The verse: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. and the country
There was chaos and darkness on the face of an abyss." And then they sent a holiday greeting
Happy for humanity.
The writer Archibald McLeish summed up the feelings of many when he wrote about
Apollo at the time that "to see the earth as it is, small and blue
And beautiful in the infinite silence in which he floats, he sees the
Our selves as traveling together on the sphere, brothers in this shining magnificence
In the eternal cold. Brothers who now know that they are really brothers." the movements
Environmental modernity was electrified by this new perception
of the earth and the need to protect it and the life on it.
