>> I BELIEVE THAT THIS NATION SHOULD COMMIT ITSELF TO ACHIEVING THE GOAL BEFORE THIS DECADE IS OUT OF LANDING A MAN ON THE MOON AND RETURNING HIM SAFELY TO THE EARTH.

NO SINGLE SPACE PROJECT IN THIS PERIOD WILL BE MORE IMPRESSIVE TO MANKIND OR MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE LONG-RANGE EXPLORATION OF SPACE.

>> THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.

>> MY NAME IS OWEN MILNES, AND I AM THE AUTHOR ON THE ARTICLE ON THE ARMSTRONG MUSEUM.

I THOUGHT THIS ARTICLE WAS IMPORTANT TO WRITE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE MOON LANDING IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN HUMAN HISTORY.

HAVING SUCH AN INTEGRAL PIECE OF THAT EVENT LINKED RIGHT HERE TO OHIO IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE COMMEMORATED.

>> WHEN I WAS A CHILD GROWING UP, IT WAS QUITE COMMON TO GO VISIT FRIENDS, RELATIVES ON SUNDAYS, AND I'LL NEVER FORGET AS A CHILD, I WAS PROBABLY 8 OR 9 YEARS OLD, ARMSTRONG'S MOTHER WAS AT THIS GET-TOGETHER ON THE FARM.

MY FATHER ASKED HER HOW IS YOUR FAMILY DOING AND WHAT'S GOING ON.

SHE SAID SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT NEIL JUST GOT A NEW JOB.

HE WAS GOING TO PUBLIC A TEST PILOT.

AND -- BECOME A TEST PILOT.

AND BOY MY EARS PERKED UP.

HAD I HAD KNOWN AT 8 OR 9 WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN -- >> IS THE LIGHTING HALFWAY DECENT?

>> YES.

THEY'VE GOT THE FLAG UP NOW.

YOU CAN SEE THE STARS AND STRIPES.

>> WHEN WE WERE LANDING ON THE MOON IN 1969, MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING ARMSTRONG REALLY THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD TAKE IT BEYOND APOLLO AND START COLONIZING THE MOON AND HAVE A PERMANENT MOON BASE THERE.

SO WHEN THE ART TEXT STARTED DESIGNING THIS MUSEUM, THEY KEPT THAT IN MIND.

THIS IS SORT OF WHAT WE IMAGINED IT WOULD LOOK LIKE MINUS THE BREADTH.

>> IF YOU EVER HAD ANY QUESTIONS IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND WHETHER OR NOT MAN HAS LANDED ON THE MOON, A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED RIGHT HERE AT THE MUSEUM.

>> SOMETHING INTERESTING I LEARNED WAS JUST THE SENSE OF PRIDE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD IN ARMSTRONG MUSEUM AND HOW THEY CAN KIND OF LOOK AND SAY, OKAY, SOMETHING GREAT HAPPENED HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HONOR THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS TO PROPEL SOCIETY FORWARD.

>> I THINK THE THINGS THAT I FIND MOST INTERESTING ARE THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE STORIES OF APOLLO, WHETHER THEY WORKED ON THE PROJECT OR THEY WERE A CHILD AT HOME SITTING ON THE FLOOR AT THEIR GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE WATCHING.

PEOPLE REALLY FELT THAT THEY WERE A PART OF THIS, AND I THINK ARMSTRONG KNEW THAT, AS WELL, THAT IT WAS BIGGER THAN HIM OR ALDRIN OR THE CREW.

PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY WERE PART OF THE MISSION, AS WELL.

>> I JUST SEE IT AS A BEGINNING.

NOT JUST THIS FLIGHT, BUT IN THIS PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN A VERY SHORT PIECE OF HUMAN HISTORY.

AN INSTANCE IN HISTORY.