The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing happens this weekend. Watching and listening to the many recaps and recollections these past few weeks has had me repeatedly being moved by the magnificence that is when we come together to work towards, and achieve, amazing endeavours. Moments when we reach beyond ourselves, perchance to touch the unknown, to make ourselves feel in ways perhaps before unfathomable, to be inspired, and to connect in the face of something wonderful.
“After Apollo 11, the three of us went on an around the world trip. Wherever we went, people instead of saying ‘well, you Americans did it’, everywhere they said ‘we did it’, we human kind, we the human race, we… people did it. And I had heard of people in different countries use this word we, we, we as emphatically as we were hearing wherever we went. It was we finally did it. And I thought that was a wonderful thing.” — Michael Collins
So here’s an awesome video that combines the landing camera, ground-to-space voice loop, the ground control loop, and altitude and pitch representations to capture the entirety of the powered descent to touchdown on the moon. Strap in, it’s time for goosebumps.
Lynx Thoughts 