95.7 KEZJ - Southern Idaho's Best Country » Apollo 11 http://kezj.com Southern Idaho's Best Country Fri, 24 May 2013 01:01:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Why Haven't We Been Back To The Moon? http://kezj.com/why-havent-we-been-back-to-the-moon/ http://kezj.com/why-havent-we-been-back-to-the-moon/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:03:09 +0000 Terry Morgan http://kezj.com/?p=83311 On July 20th, 1969, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first men to set foot on the moon. At 2:18 MDT Armstrong announced, “Houston, Tranquility Base here-the Eagle has landed,” and an estimated one billion people watching or listening around the world cheered. The world was united in triumph.

Our last Apollo launch, Apollo 17, touched down on the Moon's surface in 1972 and we haven't been back since.

Why?

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