Sometimes I still have to remind myself that I can find info on the Net
in seconds rather than have to go to a library, or wait for the latest
Sky & Telescope to show up to tell me what's going on in the heavens.

And cell phones and iPods and all that other instant technology you can
hold in your hand, hoy!

In my day, blah blah blah, and we liked it that way!

But just think of those explorers in the really old days, whose highest
navigational technology was maybe a compass and a knowledge of the
stars, who literally sailed out into the unknown with no idea where they
were going or if they were ever coming back alive.

If you want a visual idea of our space capabilities around the time of
Apollo 11, check out this great online NASA book from 1968 titled
Exploring Space With a Camera here:

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-168/sp168.htm