I recently wrote about sharing American stories and the people behind our greatest achievements. I had just heard Walter Isaacson speak at the launch of the Center for the American Experience at The New School in New York, and one example stayed with me: Grumman, the Long Island company whose workers built the lunar modules that took Americans to the moon.
This was more than an interesting historical example. When I was a teenager, I spent several years doing work with NASA in Texas. Over the years, I’ve seen the Saturn V; visited places such as Langley, Virginia, and Huntsville, Alabama; and encountered all sorts of rockets, machinery, and mock-ups. But what stayed with me most was the good fortune of being part of a team working toward something much bigger than any one person.
