Saturday with the passing of Neil Armstrong brought back a memory of our early years of marriage. Our first apartment cost $75.00 a month. When we read about the moonwalk we talked about a TV. Too expensive my new husband said. He was currently going to Bible college and I was committed to getting him through. There were few frills. We received no help from parents or the government. We debated that week the necessity and importance of a TV. We were rarely home and we had no money. Did I say no money. We considered hot dogs an extravagance.
That day my husband called from downstairs to make room for a TV in the living room. I went to the banister and saw a TV. I was shocked. I said how did you get that? With a grin on his face he said he found it for $10.00 at a used furniture store.
We sat staring speechless at the TV when Neil Armstrong said his now famous words, "One small step for man, on giant step for mankind." We couldn't believe we were looking at the surface of the moon. We couldn't believe we had our own TV.
For two newlyweds it was quite an evening. And the TV helped through long evenings when my young husband worked nights. Those were hard years but we made it through.
But the space program was cut recently and people laughed at Newt when he talked about a moon colony. But, in essence Newt is right, America needs to remain in space exploration. We need to be one of the stars in the race and as Neil Armstrong said it was a giant step for mankind that needs to continue.
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