According to a new study, return protocols for the landmark space mission weren’t as safe as we were told. It’s something to consider as we eye Mars. In the summer of 1969, after Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins took their “one giant leap for mankind”—setting foot on extraterrestrial soil for the first time in human history—they piled back into their rocket ship, returned to Earth, and were congratulated by then-president Richard Nixon, who greeted them as they huddled in NASA’s specially constructed moon quarantine chamber, meant to safeguard the planet against any apocalyptic lunar pathogens that might be borne by the spacefarers.Read Full Story