On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on to the moon as millions and millions of people sat glued to their television sets. Ask anyone old enough how captivated our families were that night and how filled with optimism so many people felt. Interview after interview with those who remember that historic event express a sense of optimism, a belief that this signaled a new era of peace and possibilities after a decade of war and protest, racism and riots, terrible assassinations. Few people thought of this only as a scientific achievement. The night was charged with magical thinking. Sometimes I wonder, what happened to the magic?

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