LordWoolamaloo<p>"Houston, Tranquility Base here - the Eagle has landed..."</p><p>On this day, in 1969, two human beings walked on the surface of a world that was not our native Earth, for the first time in all the thousands of years of human history.</p><p>I count myself very fortunate that my work in the book trade has allowed me to shake hands and chat with an Apollo astronaut, that was a very special moment.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Apollo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apollo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MoonLanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoonLanding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SpaceExploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceExploration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Histoire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histoire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Apollo11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apollo11</span></a></p>