Great piece on former Sen. Mike Gravel. My memory is that he is also responsible for making sure Alaskans got to watch the moon landing in July 1969. When he found out that the Pentagon was sending equipment around the world so the landing could be viewed by U. S. military personnel, he insisted that similar equipment be dispatched to Alaska so Alaskans could see men on the moon. That may have been possible only in Anchorage, but Sen. Gravel is the one who made it happen.