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Apollo

U.S. astronaut in space suit standing on the moon.

Apollo: A Texas Farm Boy’s View

July 19, 2019 by Jay Sharp

A simple country kid from the Rolling Plains of Texas, I had the good fortune to witness firsthand the vision, power and technical complexity that took America to the moon — perhaps the preeminent technological accomplishment in human history. I managed to graduate (with supremely ordinary grades) from The University of Texas in August 1958. […]

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