The July 18, 1969, Launch: Man Takes First Steps On The Moon

Back in July 20, 1969, one astronaut, Neil Armstrong accomplished the mission to takes his first steps on the moon. It made many impacts on the world all around, from personal observations, the news and images. In the article, “Man Takes First Steps on the Moon” by The London Times, facts are given from that same day of the mission. In “In Event of Moon Disaster” by William Safire, gives off a speech from President Nixon incase an inconvenient would of occurred to the mission being unsuccessful. In “The July 16, 1969, Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness by Ayn Rand, gave of commentary about people’s opinion from the Objectivist. Lastly, “Transported” by Herblock, an image gives of a perspective on earth’s troubles are unsolved yet earth
An illustration, “Transported” by Herblock, a famous cartoonist, speaks a lot of words for itself. It appeared on the Washington post in July 18, 1969. It’s an image of a man watching television on the moon, while below is earth with like dust clouds of destruction. This displays that earth has unsolved problems yet is able to send a man to the moon. The image uses 3 powerful words, surrounding earth in the illustration. The words being “war”, “poverty”, and “prejudice.” This meaning the problems earth has and has not done anything to solve it or better the situation. He furthers on his purpose with the word “war” giving of the first issue planet earth has. It was the Vietnam War going on that moment. His use of the word “poverty” meaning poorness, in need of money, people suffering was another issue going on as the mission continued. The use of the word “prejudice” demonstrates us wrong opinions that making the world