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Moon Landing — 40 Years Later

ORG XMIT: NY306   FILE - In this July 20, 1969 file photo,  Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, descends steps of Lunar Module ladder as he prepares to walk on the moon.  He had just egressed the Lunar Module.  (AP Photo/NASA, file) (Neil Armstrong / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: NY306 FILE - In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, descends steps of Lunar Module ladder as he prepares to walk on the moon. He had just egressed the Lunar Module. (AP Photo/NASA, file) (Neil Armstrong / The Spokesman-Review)

In this July 20, 1969, file photo, Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, descends steps of Lunar Module ladder as he prepares to walk on the moon. He had just egressed the Lunar Module. Story here. (AP Photo/NASA, file)

Astronaut Neil Armstrong: "The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class."

Question: In a Reuters story today, Apollo astronauts lamented the state of this country's space program. today. What would you like to see the United States do next in space exploration?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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