Neil Armstrong and the Promise of Space Travel
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 07.20.06 | 9:32 PM ET
Thirty-seven years ago today commander Neil Armstrong, command module pilot Michael Collins and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo 11 spacecraft on the moon. And a mere two days ago, Virgin Galactic announced that designer Philippe Starck, actress Victoria Principal and movie director Bryan Singer are among the 200 people who have bought tickets for what may become the world’s first commercial space flight for tourists in 2008. I don’t know what I find more amazing. The fact that we’ve actually been to the moon, or that in about about two years it may be possible for you or me to travel to space with the woman who played Pam Ewing on the soap opera “Dallas.” Damn. We sure live in extraordinary times.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
rianne 08.17.06 | 10:30 PM ET
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