I guess I was fairly insulated from all the unrest of those times. Probably because we lived in a little farm town in rural Texas. But we followed the space program fervently. Every lift off, landing, space- and moon-walk, splash down, etc. But I was clueless of MLK and RFK assinations, riots, etc. So I have positive memories of that era.

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