It's possible the world may have been changed in countless other, incredible ways. But then, would we have the accomplishment made possible by the collaboration of those minds together?

I read a great article once that details just how complex the construction and programming of the craft they used to get to the moon was. Considering the technology they had at the time, it was so much so that they didn't even realize just how “impossible” it was until they had already started. Compared to what we have today, it could've been described as a miracle. No truer a testament to human ingenuity.

I often wonder what things would be like today (in a broad sense) if those great minds hadn't come together and done that.