A gigantic mechanical spider was perched on the floor of the Moon.
That species of manned spider was called Apollo XI.
Six hours after its descent, its commander Neil Armstrong He lowered the platform of the ship and placed his left foot on the lunar face.
It was 22 hours 56 minutes. Armstrong felt, the real protagonist of a beautiful miracle.
his first words
–“This is a very small step for man.” Quite a symbol! And he added- “I have only advanced an eighth of an inch (about 3 millimeters) I can see my footprint, on the fine particles of the lunar plain”. And he kept saying:
–“I wish that this small step is a gigantic leap for humanity”. Although Armstrong was moving slowly in an environment whose gravity is only one-sixth the force of gravity on earth. He didn’t really have any difficulties.
The first scientific exploration operation he performed was to pick up a piece of rock and place it in the pocket of his spacesuit.
Twenty minutes later at 11:16 p.m. his partner Edwin Aldrin, also stepped on the lunar surface. It was a new event of deep mental significance that millions and millions of human beings, in all the countries of the earth, simultaneously, had forgotten their intense concerns on the occasion of the incredible adventure of man conquering the moon
In this demonstration, human energy made the world bigger.
The heavens, so sung by the poets, were opened to the senses and the observation of men.
Space and celestial bodies were incorporated into the history of humanity.
Three astronauts Neil Amstrong, Edwinn Aldrin and Michael Collins, of three different religious persuasions, helped by scientists, technicians and workers of many creeds and nationalities -including Argentines- unequivocally showed the world how much universal solidarity can or could, better said.
The writer Julio Verne He had predicted that man would reach the moon. How much could one man think! How much could a thinking humanity!
Perhaps the ideals of peace, solidarity and love have needed this beautiful miracle of science, which is the conquest of the moon, to definitively confirm that all men in the world are brothers and that humanity, with the future of centuries, will guide his destiny towards the full happiness and harmony of man on earth.
Because unfortunately, I still consider that this aphorism that I regret having created and with which I began this note and with which I close it, is valid: SO MANY CENTURIES OF CIVILIZATION AND WE DIDN’T LEARN TO HUG EACH OTHER.
Source: Ambito
