A baby boomer in the White House

Like many people over the age of 45, Barack Obama reminisced yesterday about the Apollo 11 moon landing and what he was doing at the time. The President recalled sitting on his grandfather’s shoulders in Hawaii, waving to the Apollo astronauts as they returned on recovery ships.Unlike most people, …

Like many people over the age of 45, Barack Obama reminisced yesterday about the Apollo 11 moon landing and what he was doing at the time. The President recalled sitting on his grandfather's shoulders in Hawaii, waving to the Apollo astronauts as they returned on recovery ships.

Unlike most people, though, Obama got to share his memories directly with the Apollo 11 crew of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins. See the video here:

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