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40 Years Later, What The Space Race Has Meant For Sports.
On July - 20 - 2009
On July 20th, 1969, Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface. This act was the crux of what is, without a doubt, the greatest accomplishment in the history of mankind. Armstrong's boot print was the first on the Moon, and the Apollo program marks the only time mankind has ever stepped on another celestial body.
The space race has resulted in unprecedented scientific and technological breakthroughs. Soil and rock samples helped scientists come to a general consensus on the formation of the Moon (generally accepted to be the giant impact hypothesis), which sheds clues ...