Joe is Vanguard's global chief economist and head of Vanguard Investment Strategy Group. He's also a member of the senior portfolio management team in Vanguard Fixed Income Group.
Apollo missions took about three days to reach the moon. But the quickest trip to the moon was the New Horizons probe, which zipped past the moon in just 8 hours 35 minutes on its way to Pluto. However, the spacecraft didn't even slow down or approach lunar orbit. Tidal forces.
[first lines] Reporter: Good morning. In less than 48 hours, man will embark on his first trip to the moon with the hope of landing there. As tensions over the war in Vietnam continue to escalate, the eyes of the world are on Cape Kennedy, where crews are working around the clock to prepare Apollo 11 for launch.