Apollo Mission Thesis

Introduction

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. These famous words spoken by Neil Armstrong on the 20th of July 1969 were heard in over 600 million homes all over the word; the Americans had landed on the moon, the race was over. It took 8 years and 30 billion dollars to accomplish this feat and the information gained was invaluable to future space missions and provided important information about our moon.

Motives behind The Apollo Mission

In 1961, President Kennedy challenged the American people to land man on the moon before the end of the decade. The decision to put a man on the moon was purely political, the Americans had lost the race to put a man in orbit to the soviets branding them as technologically inferior, the only way to restore their reputation would be to achieve an even greater feat, landing a man on the moon. Two days after Yuri Gagarin’s flight, President Kennedy met with the head of NASA to discuss putting a man on the moon, however the price estimate of $20 billion dollars was far too steep and Kennedy

The final moments of the landing were extremely stressful, the Eagle’s computer was sounding alarms and the module had only 30 seconds of fuel left. The module landed four miles away from the predicted touchdown point and one and a half minutes earlier than scheduled. Armstrong radios Houston Texas and says “the eagle has landed” Armstrong later confirmed that the landing was the most dangerous part of the mission, stating that "the unknowns were rampant," and "there were just a thousand things to worry about." At exactly At 10:56 p.m. EDT on the 20th of July Armstrong was ready to be the first person in history to step foot on another world, and with almost half a billion people watching, he descends the ladder and proclaims, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for