Luna is the Greek name for what we simply know as "The Moon" - when Galileo found some of the Jovian moons and realised that ours wasn't the only one, he named them to avoid any confusion. Ours, though, remained simply "The Moon" for most people.

Luna is a vital part of our world; its gravity brings the tides, its light affects wildlife and the superstition around it rules the life of more than just a few people.
Our exploration of it, though, has made an enormous impact here on Earth. Advances in digital technology and computing are irrevocably bound with the Apollo missions, while a whole host of medical advances are all down to us going there.

The technology behind cooling suits used by the astronauts is now used to ease the suffering of MS sufferers; the need for water recycling led to advances in kidney dialysis; cardiovascular equipment used in gyms today owes its existence to the Apollo missions, as it was used by the astronauts to stay fit; the impact-reducing element of running shoes today is down to Apollo footwear design; insulating materials used in construction, food preservation and life rafts are derived from the materials in the Apollo command module and lunar lander, while the freeze drying of food, fire-retardant clothing and hazardous-gas detection all rely on Apollo research.

Sad, then, that during the coverage of one of the later Apollo landings, one American TV station received complaints that it was replacing re-runs of "I Love Lucy".

After the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, funding was cut for the program, just three years after Armstrong took the first step towards what Kennedy had called "the mastery of space".

I'm forced to wonder what the world would have been like without the vision of JFK...I hope that I've been respectful enough with my editing of his speech for use in the track...and I hope that he likes it, wherever he is. Hope you do, too.