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I'm quite certain that we'll have such [lunar] bases in our lifetime, somewhat like the Antarctic stations and similar scientific outposts, continually manned.

— Neil Armstrong BBC interview (1970)

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That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.

Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

A century hence, 2000 may be viewed as quite a primitive period in human history. It's something to hope for.

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