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Neil, Buzz, and Michael made it look effortless, but the moon landing was neither easy nor inevitable.\xa0Soon after President Kennedy publicly stated the goal of sending Americans to the moon, NASA confessed that the chances of success were only about 50/50.\xa0\xa0But on July 20, 1969, despite enormous difficulties, astronauts stepped onto the lunar regolith.\nIn this special anniversary episode, we go behind the iconic phrases and familiar photos to consider the errors, mishaps, and the Plan B contingencies that dogged the project, as well as hear of the hundreds of thousands of men and women who made Apollo 11 possible.\xa0\xa0\nGuests:\n\n\nCharles Fishman\xa0-\xa0\xa0author of \u201cOne Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission that Flew Us to the Moon\u201d\n\n\nMatt Hayes\xa0-\xa0President and CEO of the Museum of Flight, Seattle\n\n\nGeoff Nunn\xa0\u2013\xa0Adjunct curator for Space History at the Museum of Flight.\n\n\nDavid Whitehouse\xa0\u2013\xa0Journalist, broadcaster, and author of \u201cApollo 11: The Inside Story\u201d\n\n\nDee O\u2019Hara\xa0\u2013\xa0NASA\u2019s first aerospace nurse and flight nurse for the Apollo mission\n\n\n James Allen Joki\xa0\u2013\xa0EMU Flight Controller, Apollo Mission Control, Houston.\n\n\nTed Huetter\xa0\u2013\xa0Museum of Flight public relations manager.\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices