Where were you during themoon landing?
My grandson asked me this not long ago as part of a project for his history class.
Of course I knew where I was on July 20, 1969.
Like all important worldwide events, we always remember where we were when they took place.
I was with my parents, my sister and her boyfriend in our living room.
Sitting center stage was our state-of-the-art RCA color TV.
The TV had two large knobs, and whoever sat closet to the screen became the remote control.
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As a huge science fiction fan, I had been waiting months for this event.
And now here I was, watching the future they had conceived unfold before my eyes.
As theApollo 11spaceship landed on the moon, I moved closer to the screen.
Too close, according to my mom, who admonished that sitting in front of the TV caused blindness.
So far, I still have decent eyesight.
It seemed unreal to me.
It still does, actually.
One giant leap for mankind.
The picture was a grainy black and white, and I often had to squint to see.
Nineteen minutes later, Buzz Aldrin joined him on that powdery surface.
I wasnt the only one speechless.
Walter Cronkite, broadcasting for CBS, could barely talk.
We would be taking trips to Mars and Pluto, and my future children might even marry an alien.
