The enduring legacy of the Apollo 11 landing is the ultimate reality show: the life or death future of the human species. Yesterday  marked the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s liftoff toward the moon – and the first-ever mission for two US astronauts to walk on the moon’s surface. Stephen Hawking, our century’s Einstein, discussed his views on the profound significance of the mission on mankind in the introduction the to a just-published book Apollo Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, [...]

The enduring legacy of the Apollo 11 landing is the ultimate reality show: the life or death future of the human species. Yesterday  marked the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s liftoff toward the moon – and the first-ever mission for two US astronauts to walk on the moon’s surface. Stephen Hawking, our century’s Einstein, discussed his views on the profound significance of the mission on mankind in the introduction the to a just-published book Apollo Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, [...]