Apollo 11 moon landing 45 years ago tonight

Thats a shame politics played into it. I was 17 yrs old at the time and we stayed glued to the black and white tv watching as it happened. I was living in Warner Robins Ga at the time and my dad was working in electronics at Robins Air Force Base. He was offered a transfer to NASA at Coco Beach but turned it down because my Mom wanted to stay near her parents. My Dad always regretted not taking that position and the opportunities it offered. I wanted him to take that job so bad so we could live near the beach and be close to all the excitement of the race to the moon.