Apollo 11 40th Anniversary.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

I was working my summer job (having just graduated high school) at Switchcraft during the landing but I remember sitting in my parent's kitchen watching the TV during the first steps on the moon. I can remember how much I wanted to be there, forgetting for the moment how I suffered from motion sickness. Congratulations to all the great people who helped make this happen, all the engineers, assembly people and the flight crews. I looked at Chris Kraft and Gene Krantz as my heroes during those missions and still do. I only found out later how much they worked in simulations, practice, and "what if" brainstorming. It all paid off during Apollo 13.
I also remember thinking that the command module pilot, Mike Collins, got the short end of the stick. He was so close, yet so far, and all by himself. So my hat's off to you Mike for making a huge sacrifice.

NASA go back!