Human beings have a penchant for exploring
It's an urge that there's no use ignoring.
  Which is why, as a race,
  We have flown off to space
In spacecraft and rocketships soaring.

Thirty years past was a great milestone
When we took great risks with the unknown.
  As we shot towards the heavens
  With Apollo 11,
The first lunar landing mission was flown.

Neil Armstrong was the crew's commander,
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin flew the lunar lander.
  Michael Collins's role
  Was as pilot control
Of the main craft; what could be grander?

At the Kennedy Center it began
It proceeded according to plan.
  Commitment was staunch
  The team was out to launch
Taking with it the new dreams of man

Four days later, the craft reached the moon.
They touched down in the mid-afternoon.
  "The Eagle has landed,"
  And not empty-handed,
A flag would be posted there soon.

Neil Armstrong first footsteps then shined
As he had his famous words in mind.
  He intoned as he ran,
  "That's one small step for man,
One giant leap for mankind."

They posted a flag and a plaque.
And since there was no Martian attack,
  Once a few hours passed,
  They decided to blast
Off for Earth, and be on their way back.

Now some skeptics find this hard to swallow,
And profess disbelief in Apollo.
  They strongly suspect
  It was a staged project
On a sound-screen where truth just rings hollow.

But this theory just doesn't make sense.
The conspiracy would be immense.
  Who would stage a moon-landing
  Is beyond understanding
When considering the vast expense.

Folks are free to believe what they please.
Some even think the moon's made of cheese.
  But one cannot deny
  That one looks towards the sky
With more interest when spaceships one sees.