From: "Phil Payne" 

> One widespread view is that we lost the magic mojo of the early years
> -- that our Apollo-launching forefathers were mighty men, we've lost
> their inspiring vision, etc. And a large part of that view is an
> unexamined belief that the cost of the space race was... well, what we
> paid for the space race.

I think television programmes are pretty much global these days, even if
locally produced.

One here is "Who wants to be a millionaire?"

Multiple choice.  Fifteen questions to get you to a million.  Last question
but one a few weeks back, for half a million: "Which of these people
never walked on the moon?"

I instantly knew the answer.  Four names went up: A, B, C and D.

I can't remember who D was, but I knew the name.  A was James Lovell, and
that was the right answer.  He flew two Gemini missions, he was Command
Module Pilot on Apollo 8 (free return) and Mission Cmmander on Apollo 13
(emergency free return).

But B and C?  Neither name rang any bells.  Back at the time I remember
being disappointed that the later Apollo missions got so little attention,
but to discover that I myself had failed to mark two names was quite a
shock.

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