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Lessons From Apollo
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/0305/021909_Reed_Dan_250.large.JPG?1235078102&1235078101 "Microsoft Research Director Daniel Reed")
As we consider how to explain the necessity of long-term investment in science and technology research and development, as we teach a new generation of students, and as we seek to broaden the base of participation in computing, it behooves us to remember the small child in each of us, the one who watched in open mouthed wonder, who felt the chill run down their spine and sensed the passion of others who were committed to discovery.
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