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We did something that no one else had ever done.
There was such a excitement and energy about this moment.
It opened the door for everything that rapidly followed.
Witness history.
History as told by the people who were there.
I was walking in space.
The first man ever to do so.
I felt almost insignificant, like a tiny ant compared to the immensity of the universe.
This is The Explanation from the BBC World Service, recorded on the 15th of October.
I'm John Simpson, and you're listening to Unspun World,
the programme that goes behind the headlines to find out what's really going on.
On this week's programme, success in stopping the fighting in Gaza,
but how will the territory be run and who'll do it?
Without disarming Hamas,
it is going to be impossible for any Palestinian technocrat or any Palestinian independence to work freely in Gaza.
As the trade war between China and the US ratchets up, which can bear the pain better?
Ultimately, neither side can afford to lose.
And the question is just who can bear more pain?
And at the moment, the assumption is that China is in a better position to withstand pain.