The School of Athens

The School of Athens
The School of Athens by Raphael (click on picture to view short documentary from Columbia University)

Monday 21 July 2014

The giant leap

Colleagues and scholars from coast to coast, across Bass Strait and all the ships at sea.

On the 45th anniversary of humanity's greatest achievement, the landing on the Moon of Apollo 11, it's always important to constantly remind ourselves of what is possible when humans take Stephen Hawking's advice and look up at the stars and not down at our feet.

"I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." President John F. Kennedy, May 25, 1961.

"That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind." Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969.








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