I saw this documentary today, In the Shadow of the Moon, where they interviewed the surviving members of the Apollo missions about what it felt like to be in the program and orbit and land on the moon. If ya dig this kind of stuff, you’ll definitely like this documentary.

It’s tagline says “Remember when the whole world looked up.” As someone born shortly after this program, I don’t remember a time when we hadn’t traveled to the moon, but I also can’t imagine a time when the whole world felt like mankind had made an amazing accomplishment … not just Americans thinking that, but the whole world. This documentary brought that experience to a human level, interviewing those men who had actually experienced it and telling us, straight into the camera, what it felt like to be a part of it and to be right there doing it.

It’s awe inspiring and even funny at times, Mike Collins definitely has a great sense of humor about the whole thing and Buzz Aldrin talks about how he, well, relieved himself right before stepping onto the moon because it was the only spare time he would have for the next two hours. It was just very interesting and moving to hear first hand personal accounts of how it really was to be put to the challenge to get there and then actually do it.

Now, if we could only put that same type of knowledge and fortitude towards putting in place alternative types of energy.