An Image of Extraterestrial Proportions

For this week’s blog, I immediately thought of the picture of Neil Armstrong standing on the Moon on 20 July 1969. Just think about it, it was the first time that any man had set foot on anything outside of our planet. Of course, the assassinations of presidents and other such saddening pictures change the world, but they are not as impactful as something like the moon landing. To me, the nation’s sadness will go away with time, but the hope and amazement that comes with such an achievement won’t die easy. As comparison, we don’t see the deaths of famous historical leaders from long ago near as impressive as say the development of antibiotics and antiseptics. These developments were the starts of HUGE scientific areas. The ability to put a man on the moon is not only amazing for the name of modern sciences, but it also defended the United States’ name as the world’s biggest super power. So, in a way, this picture, which appeared in newspapers all over the world, changed the world forever in multiple ways, not just one. In addition, the Moon Landing spawned one of the most famous conspiracy theories to date, which only made the topic even more popularly talked about.