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ZERO BIAS: A CQ Editorial

oy Scout camp. Sitting on the floor of the rec hall, watching a grainy black-and-white image on a TV that one of the camp directors had brought in for all of us to watch, and listen, as Neil Armstrong counted down the number of feet to the lunar surface and then announced, after the picture had briefly gone black, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” Cheers and applause, then holding our breaths as Armstrong and crewmate Buzz Aldrin climbed down the ladder and became the first humans

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