NASA sent him a letter after the arrival of the man on the moon

Anamá then lived in Campo Belo, in Minas Gerais, and watched the arrival of Apollo 11 on the Moon on television: "We all went to a friend who had television, few people, and we went to see him, it seemed to me that they were extraterrestrials, very crazy", Recalled Ferreira during a dialogue with Téléshow.

While the people with whom we discussed whether it was true or not what they were transmitting to the small screen were moving, Anamá could not avoid tears. "I cried, I could not believe that they had reached the moon"he said.

The day before, the model and her friends had gathered to contemplate the Moon, waiting for the big event: "When you're a child, you imagine things, we were very excited, it seemed very strange", a- he declared.

Hopefully, a few days later, Ferreira asked NASA's address to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and sent a letter asking for a portrait of the historical moment . "I had asked for money from my mother and I said," I'm sending a letter to NASA. "What does this girl do? "he replied all my friends laughed. In the village, they told me that I was crazy, they would not answer me. ", recalled about the handwritten letter sent in Portuguese.

However, a few weeks later, a letter addressed them to their detractors and revolutionized their location. "Mail", was heard at the door of the house Ferreira. "A letter to Ana from the United States"announced the factor. "Everyone met and it was a party. I was proud to have tried. The whole city said that I was crazy. Then I said: & # 39; Now, I will write to the President to invite me to NASA & # 39;"He joked.

"Sorry, but the photos of Apollo 11 have been exhausted, we sent you one of the members of the Apollo 12 crew. We hope this keeps you excited."said the letter, accompanied by a description of the ship's crew.

Decades later, in 1991, Anamá traveled to the United States and realized her dream of getting to know NASA. "I saw Apollo 11!" He remembered, happy.

"I see all the documentaries, as a girl, it seemed strange to me: so far away … How was it, what was it there? The Apollo 13 film, I I have seen 500 times, I know the dialogues and I always cry the guy took so long to arrive, and be two minutes, can not, "said Anamá.