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From the Editor in Chief THE APPARATGEIST OF THE MOON LANDING Fifty years ago, a decade that was revolutionary in human development in many ways was drawing to a close. This period in the world's history was as famous for love as for war, but also for big and small technological innovations. Consumers became acquainted with acronyms such as ATM, CD, LASER, LED, and UNIX-not to mention the mind-expanding LSD or the less dramatic medical innovation marketed as Valium, the "Mother's Little Helper" epitomized by the Rolling Stones' song available for purchase on the recently invented cassette audio tapes. Medical care took a huge step forward when, in April 1969, a mechanical heart was transplanted into a human. And, in the nascent computer field, the first message between two computers on the ARPANET was sent. This event, a half century ago, provided the roots for technological advances that eventually led to the modern-day Internet and World Wide Web