It could be that we're just a big collection of nerds waxing nostalgic :-)

>>... It was, and remains, the greatest accomplishment in human history.
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>Not to mention all the wonderful technological advances that came as a by-product of that space program. I was 8 at the time and totally fascinated. I vividly remember Apollo 13 also. I remember this because a friend of mine and I crucified some silly girl who had the nerve to pooh-pooh the seriousness nature that mission became.