1969 a Space Odyssey ; Reaching for the Stars 40 Years After Man First Walked On the Moon

Daily MirrorJuly 18, 2009

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FORTY years on not a speck of dust has been disturbed since the first man put his footprint on the moon.

And astronaut Neil Armstrong's bootmark will still be visible in 10 million years' time on the windless surface.

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1969 a Space Odyssey ; Reaching for the Stars 40 Years After Man First Walked On the Moon

But in the four decades since Armstrong went down in history as the first man to walk on the moon, other things have changed - including man's will to return there.

America spent billions of dollars to place that dusty first footstep on the moon. Yet two years later, after a similar mission was aborted, the axe fell on the Apollo programme.

During his US Presidency, George W Bush tried to revive interest ...

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