Thirty-eight years ago to the day...

"HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH
FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON
JULY 1969, A.D.
WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND

Niel A. Armstrong
Astronaut

Michael Collins
Astronaut

Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
Astronaut

Richard Nixon
President, United States of America"

I was born ten years after Apollo 11, ten years after we achieved the Moon by sheer force of will. For this reason above all others, no matter what disasters befall us or what tragedies mark the passing of years, I shall always believe that we live in a world of nigh-limitless splendor.

Science!
Saturn is well on the way to staging its own celestial production of 101 Dalmatians: moonlink. The Cassini probe is just one of those really, really good ideas. Way to go, eggheads!

Science!

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
James Darren, "It's Only a Paper Moon" from The Best is Yet to Come (T.L.A.M.)