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Firsthand History- Monday- 1st period
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throughaphaseClass met in the Danger Shop today, which was cramped, and looked very much like the inside of a lunar module, but a little larger than it really was. It was still super cramped, so hopefully you all liked each other. Also, right outside would be the moon.
"Welcome to Apollo 11," Kitty began. "It's July 20, 1969. This might be really primitive to anyone who's used to a lot of space travel, but we're still pretty new at it. At this point in history, the US and the Soviet Union have been engaged in a space race for fourteen years. The two were engaged in the Cold War after World War II- which I guarantee we'll go into more in other classes- and they were trying very hard to one-up each other on this. The Russians had gotten a satellite before the US, and got the first man in space, but the US won out when it came to putting a man on the actual moon. Today, Neil Armstrong is going to step foot on the surface, followed by Buzz Aldrin, and they'll spend a couple hours gathering rocks and such to bring back to Earth, and then later to deal with people trying to claim it's all a hoax." Her tone might have told the students what she thought of that. You're going to get to step out and watch it. But first, you're going to get to put on space suits, because you can't really have fun on the moon if you're not in a spacesuit."
"Welcome to Apollo 11," Kitty began. "It's July 20, 1969. This might be really primitive to anyone who's used to a lot of space travel, but we're still pretty new at it. At this point in history, the US and the Soviet Union have been engaged in a space race for fourteen years. The two were engaged in the Cold War after World War II- which I guarantee we'll go into more in other classes- and they were trying very hard to one-up each other on this. The Russians had gotten a satellite before the US, and got the first man in space, but the US won out when it came to putting a man on the actual moon. Today, Neil Armstrong is going to step foot on the surface, followed by Buzz Aldrin, and they'll spend a couple hours gathering rocks and such to bring back to Earth, and then later to deal with people trying to claim it's all a hoax." Her tone might have told the students what she thought of that. You're going to get to step out and watch it. But first, you're going to get to put on space suits, because you can't really have fun on the moon if you're not in a spacesuit."