I ka wā i hehi mua ai ʻo Neil Armstrong i kā mākou ukali, ua loaʻa i ka honua ka nūhou ma waena o nā ʻano manaʻo like ʻole o ka lanakila cosmic a me nā kānalua o ka hana hewa ʻana ma waena o ke Kaua Cold a me kāna heihei ākea, kahi i hōʻea i nā kipi o nā kipi honua pālahalaha a hiki i kēia lā.
Eia nō naʻe, ka manaʻo hope loa o kahi hanana nui o ka mōʻaukala, ke ʻano o ka manawa, ke ʻano o nā huaʻōlelo a Armstrong i hōʻea i ke ao holoʻokoʻa i ka wanaʻao o ka pilina, nā manaʻo kikoʻī o kēlā me kēia miliona o nā kānaka i ukali i ka odyssey ākea. he ipu hoʻoheheʻe kupua no nā lāhui kanaka āpau. Ua lele ka manaʻo maikaʻi i ia manawa a me he mea lā ua hāmama ke ao me he ala nui lā, i ka manaʻo nui, i kekahi mau makahiki mai kēia manawa, hiki ke unuhi i ka naʻi ʻana o nā wahi hou a me ka honua polū.
He kanalima mau makahiki ma hope mai, ʻaʻole i wehe ʻia ke ala nui a hoʻomau ka manawa i kahi wahi paʻakikī i nā kānaka ke noho. A ʻo ia nō paha ke kumu i ʻike ʻia ai ka huakaʻi i kēia lā ma ke ʻano he epic, kahi huakaʻi incian i paʻa i ka hiki ʻole ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kahi neʻe mokulele i kēlā hapalua kenekulia i hala aku nei e like me ka mea i kuhi ʻia i kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo e like me nā puke ʻepekema ʻepekema e ʻO Jules Verne.
Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kēlā ʻano kaʻao, ka hōʻea ʻana o ka 50th anniversary he hoʻolauleʻa ia e hoʻohui i kēia puke na Eduardo García Llama, ʻenekini mokulele mokulele NASA nāna i kono mai iā mākou e hoʻomanaʻo hou i ka milestone mai ka hihiʻo o kahi puke epistolary ʻenehana, ke kua a me ka hope. nā leka ma waena o ka moku a me ke kahua. A ʻo ka hapa nui o ka hoʻokalakupua o kēlā huakaʻi manned ma ʻō aku o kā mākou honua e noho nei i kēlā huina o nā kamaʻilio, nā manaʻo a me nā anecdotes o nā koa i hiki ke kau i ka hae i ka mahina.
ʻO ka kime i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā astronauts hōʻailona ʻekolu (e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole i hele a ilihune ʻo Michael Collins i ka mahina, ʻoiai ʻo ka pailaka ka mea nāna e mālama i ka modula, a ʻo ia hoʻi kahi wahine ...) wehe lākou i kā mākou ʻike mai kēlā manawa i noho ai. mai ka Honua e nā kīwī (ola a i ʻole ma o nā reruns no mākou a ʻaʻole ma aneʻi). A ʻaʻohe ala maikaʻi aʻe e hāʻawi aku ai i kekahi o kēlā mau ʻaule ʻekolu e ola i ka pīhoihoi nui loa o ke kanaka i kēia manawa.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia manawa i ka puke Apollo 11, kahi puke hoihoi me nā puke over novel, na ka physicist a me ka ʻenekinia NASA, ʻo Eduardo García Llama, ma aneʻi: