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Offline Rolex

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« on: July 22, 2007, 12:05:03 AM »
I thought it was interesting that no one talked about the anniversary of the first moon landing a few days ago. I suppose it means I'm getting old. It was one of two events, outside of my own realm, that I remember vividly and with great detail where I was and what I was doing. One was the assassination of President Kennedy. The other was watching intently the entire voyage of Apollo 11.

If you're too young to have witnessed it first hand, I don't think any book or movie can portray the amazement and triumph of that moment. Other than the ways we move and convert electrons today, what has amazed us all in the 38 years since that day? What triumphs?
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Offline Hap

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« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2007, 12:13:05 AM »
I was 13 and in the hospital.

Watching the whole thing on TV.

Amazing!
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Offline Mark Luper

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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2007, 01:30:56 AM »
I remember the first moon landing. I was at my ex mother and father-in-law's house watching it on tv. I thought it facinating then and I find it facinating now. It never lost it's glow as far as I'm concerned.

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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2007, 02:03:32 AM »
Alot of stuff, but probably none as dramatic. Advances in medicine, travel, the fact we havent all killed ourselves yet.
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« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2007, 02:32:52 AM »
Watched CBS's coverage of it (because they had Walter Cronkite & the best animation)in glorious 13" black and white. I had a model of the Command module and the Lunar module that I got from boxtops. I must have reenacted that landing a 1000 times in my backyard wearing my "The Eagle has landed!" shirt.
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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2007, 02:57:12 AM »
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Originally posted by Rolex
Other than the ways we move and convert electrons today, what has amazed us all in the 38 years since that day? What triumphs?


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« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2007, 03:21:44 AM »
I remember quite well where I was when men first walked on the moon. My brother, sister and I had all gotten in trouble and were sent to our rooms. I don't recall what we did wrong but the fact that I missed the first moon walk and missed out on some history that I could have witnessed has always rather annoyed me. Of course at the time I didn't realize just what I was missing. That realization didn't happen until much later.

I've always thought that my mom could have chosen some other form of punishment that day.
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« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2007, 05:21:16 AM »
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I remember quite well where I was when men first walked on the moon. My brother, sister and I had all gotten in trouble and were sent to our rooms. I don't recall what we did wrong but the fact that I missed the first moon walk and missed out on some history that I could have witnessed has always rather annoyed me. Of course at the time I didn't realize just what I was missing. That realization didn't happen until much later.

I've always thought that my mom could have chosen some other form of punishment that day.


Dude, that bites.

Where you able to hear at least providing they watched it?
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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2007, 06:36:56 AM »
I watched it and am still trying to figure out just what was gained by it.
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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2007, 08:25:26 AM »
We're one step closer to getting off this rock, to start with.
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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2007, 08:46:37 AM »
Everyone knows the moon landing never happend. It was filmed in a studio.
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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2007, 08:55:25 AM »
A really big 1:1 scale studio in outer space..
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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2007, 09:00:29 AM »
it was a mass hallucination brought on by an over consumption of tang.
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« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2007, 09:20:33 AM »
Im sure Boroda has an interesting explenation for the landings :)
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