Its been 40 years since man landed on moon. 40 years ago, on 21st July 1969 Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set foot in the moon. This very day ‘a giant step for mankind’ was taken. This very day ‘the eagle landed’.

Space exploration has come a long way since then. Many countries are collaborating to create the first space station. Once that is ready our scientists will be able to conduct numerous experiments and figure out a way to know that part of the universe better. Will it happen in our lifetime, don’t think so. But the future generation can sure hope to see some exciting times, just like we saw the amazing spread of Internet.

When will we go to moon again? I know India is planning to send a manned mission by 2020 as a follow up to its unmanned mission in 2008.

Nasa released a rare footage of the moon landing to commemorate the anniversary.

BTW, I also heard on NPR today that NASA had reused (erased) the magnetic tapes on which there were more footage of moon walking. Apparently they were short of tapes and used those present in the archives. Funny!