Happy 40th Anniversary Of The Lunar Landing!

Today is obviously a very exciting day for us here at the Garage....obviously. On this day in 1969, two American astronauts stepped foot on the moon for the first time in human history. For those among us who aren't into the space program and all of the astounding successes, benefits... and tragedies that have befallen it over it's young existence, we might understand how one would dismiss this date and accomplishment as being another quaint fact to be used during the next epic round of Trivial Pursuit.

But, if one stops to reflect on the magnitude of this accomplishment, it's a bit overwhelming and hard to get one's head around the sheer scope of even attempting such an endeavor. For tens-of-thousands of years, man has looked up into the night sky and seen the moon. When we used stones to kill our prey...there was the moon. When we built pyramids and cathedrals, there was the moon. Alexander The Great saw it, as did Michelangelo, DaVinci, Jesus Christ, Mohammed and The Buddah. And so do you, every night.

Today is an enormously important date in the advancement of the human species. Once this planet is depleted of it's resources, and mankind is adrift in space to explore and settle new colonies in places and in ways that we can now only imagine, this date will be looked upon as the turning point when humans stepped foot onto soil that was not of the earth from which we came and then returned.

For now, however, the enormity of the task reminds us of some very simple, natural, universal facts: That we are capable of doing the impossible if we are willing to put in the work, make the necessary sacrifices, and work together toward achieving common goals.

Happy Anniversary, fellow human.