All of this now-at-end month, July, PBS (the public
broadcasting TV network) and even some of the commercial networks have been
broadcasting programs commemorating the moon landing of 50 years ago, July
1969. It's been moon, moon, moon, until, frankly, I've started to grow tired of
it.
We must acknowledge that it was an enormous achievement of
science and engineering. At the same time, I feel it's very sad that it was not
an international effort. Then it would have also been a great monument to the
ability of different human groups--nations--to cooperate with one another.
Instead--unfortunately--it was "the space race"
between the United States
and the Soviet Union, a rivalry like one between two
sports teams. Our team beat your team; therefore we can feel that we are better
than you are.
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