All I started out to do was to post a link to the We Choose the Moon website where you can follow the Apollo 11
mission in “real time”. I wandered over to YouTube to look at video
of the launch and found the one below. That started me thinking.
I’ve been toying with the idea of reading Atlas Shrugged…again.
(I have no idea how many times I’ve read it. The first time, I think,
was in 1969.) Truth be told, I’m a little afraid…I listen/watch the
news and I have flashes of characters from the book. Watching this
video one can’t help be struck by the absolute Power and Majesty…of the Saturn V.
I know you’re wondering just how the heck this ties in with Atlas
Shrugged…it’s simple. In it, Ayn Rand, talks about the mind of man. I
couldn’t help but think of that as I watched …all that power…originated
in someones mind. Possibilities….
(And for a certain Daughter…things that came out of the space program:
GPS, anything cordless, freeze dried food, lightweight padding that’s
probably in your sneakers, smoke detectors, scratch resistant glass,
satellite dish, ear thermometer, firefighter equipment, thermal gloves
and boots…just sayin’.)