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The men who walked on the moon

 By Tony Mochama

Perhaps inspired by astronauts, Michael Jackson popularised the dance move ‘moonwalk’. And in the wake of his recent death, a group of fans from around the world are attempting, through YouTube, to keep an eternal ‘moonwalk’ going, where one films oneself moonwalking before backsliding the footage to the next fan, ad infinitum.

And then there was the real moonwalk. During the Apollo Programme years (1961-1975), 24 men walked on the moon.

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