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Fifteen years after the Apollo 11 lunar landing, the President invited the crew members to the White House for a celebration. You\u2019ll be intrigued by the President\u2019s remarks \u2013 he gives a little history and in the second half of the podcast, we\u2019ll hear him explain all the inventions that have emerged from the space program. After his speech, you\u2019ll hear Neil Armstrong speak and present the President with a gift, a small American flag that the crew had taken to the moon in 1969.\xa0Today, it\u2019s been 55 years since that historic landing. Recall that at 1:18 pm, Pacific Daylight Time on July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Aldrin brought down the lunar lander Eagle on the moon's surface. Collins remained in the command module Columbia, which orbited 69 miles above. Five more missions sent ten more men to the moon\u2019s cratered surface and 843 pounds of precious lunar rocks and soil were returned for analysis.