DC ExtraTime: A MTV'er, Sir Richard, and The Final Frontier

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It's not often that I get to spill some info in regards to my life outside of this blogging world and the passions I have which are covered on this site, but for this story there's a personal context to it. In this case, my dad (and formerly, my brother in law) work at the Ames Research Center on the campus of the historic Moffatt Field in Mountain View, CA. It is part of the National Aeronautic and Space Administration, better known to all of us as NASA, the American space program, which marked an important milestone this past summer.
   It was fifty years ago that the world stopped whatever they were doing in the summer of 1969 to witness to moment that brought a nation much-needed good news to end the turbulent decade of the '60s. Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins ventured on Apollo 11 and the Eagle spaceship up to the moon... and Aldrin stepping foot on the surface and Armstrong's quote "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" remain etched in the collective memory of everyone who lived through that iconic moment of the 20th century.

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A few weeks ago, someone who competed in one of the most famous Challenge elimination battles ever, two-time Challenger and Real World Cancun alum C.J. Koegel (who today turns 35 as this post publishes on Tuesday, November 12), got the chance to add two more well-known persons to those he has crossed paths with, a year after getting to show off dance moves to both those watching daytime and late night talk. This time, he helped to continue a recurring theme of The Challenge in embracing those who come to us from across the pond by meeting one of the world's richest men while getting to model new outfits in the newest generation of the space race... as well as the company that designs the gear that those on the big show get to wear each week.