The museum in Bern did a great job showing us about Einstein and his life. It also had interesting displays on the German influence in Bern. However, one thing that I was not expecting to learn about there was the first moon landing accomplished by the US.
It was very surprising to see that there was a whole exhibit on Bern's influence on the moon landing. Bern had influenced the moon landing in multiple ways that I had never known even though I had learned about the moon landing many times before. Since many of us know that Switzerland is known for making watches it is not as much of a surprise that Bern was asked to make highly accurate watches that could survive a trip to space. What is more surprising is that Buzz Aldrin helped conduct an experiment on solar wind that was created at the University of Bern before the cameras were even rolling. We always remember seeing the footage of the first man walking on the moon, but not very many people realize that it holds a connection to Bern, Switzerland.
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I have done a Little bit of research on the museum and the moon landing was a temporary exhibit, and with the anniversary of the landing this season and year it fits to display it. Even more now that we know about the experiment that a University of Bern ran and other involvements of Switzerland.
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