<P> A group of British scientists interviewed as part of the anniversary events reflected on the significance of the Moon landing: </P> <P> It was carried out in a technically brilliant way with risks taken...that would be inconceivable in the risk - averse world of today...The Apollo programme is arguably the greatest technical achievement of mankind to date...nothing since Apollo has come close (to) the excitement that was generated by those astronauts--Armstrong, Aldrin and the 10 others who followed them . </P>

Timeline of the first man on the moon