Let involvement spur you on...

For the people who grew up in the 60s, listening to John F. Kennedy say we were going to put a man on the moon in that decade sounded beyond imagination. But he challenged everyone to get behind that amazing goal: we watched as first rockets went into space and then astronauts followed, and before that decade ended Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did indeed walk on the moon. Some of those rockets failed and some of the early astronauts died, but the people working on the project didn’t see those as weaknesses, only greater challenges to overcome. 

·      When we opened the Mirage, one of our Casino Pit Managers, Sal Fazio, regaled us with stories of his prior career in the aerospace industry working on the lunar landing module. He too told of failures that lead to greater accomplishments; so, when we finally got that pace-setting new resort open he complimented us on having the same grit and drive as those moon landing teams. That was a comment that touched all who participated in that casino project. Big or small, getting involved in something and working as a team gives everyone the energy to overcome whatever happens and keep going. That’s a great way to feel alive and growing today.

 

Buzz Aldrin (born 1930): American former astronaut, engineer, and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. He was the second person to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil Armstrong.