Ukuqala kukaNeil Armstrong kwisathelayithi yethu, ilizwe lafumana iindaba phakathi koluvo olwahlukileyo lokoyiswa kwezulu kunye nokukrokreleka kokugadla okungcolileyo phakathi kweMfazwe Yomlomo kunye nomdyarho wasemajukujukwini, athe afikelela kumayelenqe omhlaba othe tyaba ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje.
Nangona kunjalo, uvakalelo lokugqibela lwesiganeko esingumlando, ukubaluleka komzuzu, intsingiselo yamagama okuqala ka-Armstrong afikelela kwihlabathi liphela ekuthini uqhagamshelo, umbono othile kwisigidi ngasinye sabantu abalandela isithuba odyssey saba imbiza yokunyibilika yomlingo kuyo yonke impucuko yoluntu. Ithemba lenyuka ngoko kwaye indalo yabonakala ivuleka njengohola wendlela, ekucingeni ngokubanzi, kwiminyaka embalwa ukusukela ngoku, onokuthi uguqulele ekoyiseni iindawo ezintsha kunye neplanethi eluhlaza.
Kwiminyaka engamashumi amahlanu kamva, uhola wendlela khange uvulwe kwaye indawo iyaqhubeka nokuba yindawo ekunzima ukuba abantu bahlale kuyo. Kwaye mhlawumbi yiyo loo nto uhambo lubonwa namhlanje njenge-epic, uhambo lwe-incian oluxhomekeke kukungakwazi ukuqhubeka nokuququzelela ukushukumiseka kwendawo leyo kwisiqingatha senkulungwane eyadlulayo kwakubonakala ngathi kucingelwa ukuba kuyinyani enokuthelekiswa nayo nayiphi na inoveli yeentsomi Jules Verne.
Njengenxalenye yeli bali liyimbali, ukufika kwesikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 ngumbhiyozo ofaka le ncwadi ngu-Eduardo García Llama, injineli yeenqwelo moya ye-NASA isimema ukuba siphinde siphumelele kumbono wenoveli ye-epistolary, leyo yasemva nangaphambili imiyalezo phakathi kwenqanawa kunye nesikhululo. Kwaye uninzi lomlingo wolo hambo lwendalo ngaphaya kweplanethi yethu uhlala kweso sixa sonxibelelwano, ukubonakala kunye neengxelo zamagorha akwazi ukubeka iflegi enyangeni.
Iqela elenziwe ngoosomajukujuku abathathu (khumbula ukuba uMichael Collins ohluphekileyo akazange anyathele enyangeni, njengomqhubi wenqwelomoya ophethe imodyuli, ekwalilo nenja ...) bavula umbono wethu ukusukela kuloo mzuzu ukusuka eMhlabeni ngoomabonakude (phila okanye ngokwenza iirununs zethu abo babengekho apha okwangoku). Kwaye akukho ndlela ibhetele yokunikezela ngesuti enye kwezi zintathu ezindala ukuze uphile okona kuzonwabisa kuluntu ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Ungayithenga incwadi u-Apollo 11, umqulu onomdla onezandi zamanoveli, yinjineli ye-NASA, uEduardo García Llama, apha: