When you talk about exploration and discovery one of the first things that comes to my mind is the Apollo missions. It was May 25, 1961 in the depths of the cold war with the Russians, and the President of the United States says that we will put a man on the moon in less than 10 years. What an absolutely outrageous goal to set for our country. The discoveries that were made during the Apollo missions have shaped our entire space program ever since, and left a lasting legacy on the moon that we can see you today. The Lunar Laser Ranging Retroreflector is still on the moon and with the right equipment you can send a laser that will bounce back and show you right where it was left on the moon. After 16 successful missions and three failures we
