Andrew speaks on Space Science and Technology

“On 16 July 1969 at 8.32 am EST, the Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center set off for the moon. I suspect that many of us in this Chamber are old enough to remember exactly where we were and what we were doing at that moment as the world held its breath, came together and watched in awe these amazing events in black and white footage on our television screens. I can certainly remember where I was and the sense of wonder it sparked in me; I was 15 years old. It was only eight years before this that President Kennedy had set NASA this mission and seven months since NASA made a bold decision to send Apollo 8 all the way to the moon on the first manned flight, on a massive Saturn V rocket.”

Read more here: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2019-07-15/debates/0EFFEE32-B8BE-4BF9-A089-462E86B5DF0C/SpaceScienceAndTechnology#contribution-A99839C2-7946-4E73-8D22-F184D00642F5

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