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Why did we go to the moon? By George Leopold T he vivid memory of a gibbous moon rising in the east-northeast stirs other recollections of what most of humankind was thinking on that momentous midsummer night 40 years ago. Gazing up at the orange orb (at least, it appeared orange from my hometown the night of July 20, 1969) we thought: “There are two human beings on the surface tonight, and they are about to take a walk!” The herculean effort to land the first human beings on the moon during the flight of Apollo 11 had begun in earnest more than eight years earlier, when a young Presi- dent, stung by defeat and betrayal at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba, sought a way to change the subject while channeling the pent-up energy of the richest nation in the history of the world. It was the dawn of what John F. Kennedy called the New Frontier. What purpose was served by Kennedy’s decision to send men to the moon and return them to Earth? Beating the Russians? To be sure. Promoting the peaceful uses of space? Without a doubt, especially since the Apollo program and its antecedents had no military purpose. There was only one use for the giant Saturn V rocket: There was only one use for the Saturn V 5 EE Times | Apollo | July 20, 2009

EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009

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Apollo - July 20, 2009
Contents
Applying the Lessons of Apollo
Why Did We Go to the Moon?
In the Trenches: Profiles of the Engineers Who Made Apollo Go
Apollo Perspectives: Video Interview with Filmmaker David Sington
Virtual Teardown: Apollo Spacesuit
Virtual Teardown: The ‘Genesis’ Rock
Apollo Chip Teardown: Unit Logic Device
Ted Sorensen on Apollo
Soviet Space Firsts
Apollo Reader Forum
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Contents
EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Applying the Lessons of Apollo
EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - 4
EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Why Did We Go to the Moon?
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - In the Trenches: Profiles of the Engineers Who Made Apollo Go
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Apollo Perspectives: Video Interview with Filmmaker David Sington
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Virtual Teardown: Apollo Spacesuit
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Virtual Teardown: The ‘Genesis’ Rock
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Apollo Chip Teardown: Unit Logic Device
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Ted Sorensen on Apollo
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Soviet Space Firsts
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Apollo Reader Forum
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