Men on the moon - The power of optimism

HISTORY all too often shows us the darker side of humanity; too often it records a litany of atrocities and of betrayals, too often a catalogue of suppression, inhuman injustice and terrible brutality.

However – and what a joy that however is – today we mark the 40th anniversary of one of man’s greatest achievements.

Forty years ago today American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to step on the moon.