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	<title>Fragmented Brain Matter &#187; michael collins</title>
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		<title>Where no man has ever set foot before &#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 20th 1969 &#8211; Apollo 11 The day man first set foot on the moon. I can&#8217;t ever imagine what it must&#8217;ve felt like to see the Earth from 250,000 Miles Away. To actually be able to separate yourself from Earth and look at it in a setting which most of us have only seen [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://bhowmikshah.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Apollo_11_insignia.png" rel="lightbox[201]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-202" title="Apollo 11 Insignia [Image taken from Wikipedia article about Apollo 11]" src="http://bhowmikshah.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Apollo_11_insignia-150x150.png" alt="Apollo 11 Insignia [Image taken from Wikipedia article about Apollo 11]" width="150" height="150" /></a>July 20th 1969 &#8211; <a title="Apollo 11 - Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11">Apollo 11</a></p>
<p>The day man first set foot on the moon.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t ever imagine what it must&#8217;ve felt like to see the Earth from 250,000 Miles Away. To actually be able to separate yourself from Earth and look at it in a setting which most of us have only seen in photographs or movies.</p>
<p>Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin were the chosen 3 to be the first on a manned mission to the moon. All of them were veterans and had previously made space flights before. Even then i would believe that the expectation of landing on the Moon and seeing things around you in <strong>Space</strong>, the apprehension of doing something never done before.</p>
<p>To literally go where no man has gone before.</p>
<p>I wish i could&#8217;ve been one of them. To be in space, the cosmos and see the darkness all around you, to see the glimmering white and blue Earth in a distance and to <em>know</em> that you are on <strong>the Moon</strong>, 250,000 Miles away from <em>home</em>. And you are part of an event that is a major Footnote in the history of mankind.</p>
<p>Years of research, years of hard work. A lot of it could&#8217;ve gone wrong, but it didn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>The event and the Apollo 11 Mission are a standing testament to Science. To the people behind the scenes who made it happen, to the people who worked so hard, to the people who dared to dream.</p>
<p>Hats off to you guys.</p>
<p>I can unashamedly say that everytime i watch this video i just go all speechless and lost. This is real beauty.</p>
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<p>I hear &#8220;Magnificent Desolation&#8221; and i can only wonder what it would be like.</p>
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<p><a title="Apollo 11 Pictures on the LIFE magazine website" href="http://www.life.com/image/50589728/in-gallery/23232/apollo-11-scenes-from-the-moon">Pictures from the Moon Landing</a></p>
<p><em><strong>&#8220;That&#8217;s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind&#8221; &#8211; Neil Armstrong</strong></em></p>
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