History

Happy 38th moon-landing anniversary. I can still remember how stunning it was to see Armstrong take that first step and hear him speak those words. It was the greatest step ever taken in human exploration. What would the world be like today if we had used that as a starting point instead of . . . just . . . losing . . . interest?

Pictures never lie, except when we come to believe they represent something they don't. The iconic World War II Iwo Jima photo we all know was not of the actual raising of the flag. It was a re-creation of the event: