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Title: Apollo 11
Post by: Rolex 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?

Title: Apollo 11
Post by: Hap on July 22, 2007, 12:13:05 AM

I was 13 and in the hospital.

Watching the whole thing on TV.

Amazing!

Title: Apollo 11
Post by: Mark Luper 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.

Mark

Title: Apollo 11
Post by: FiLtH 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.

Title: Apollo 11
Post by: rpm 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.

Title: Re: Apollo 11
Post by: JB88 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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Title: Apollo 11
Post by: Elfie 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.

Title: Apollo 11
Post by: Wolf14 on July 22, 2007, 05:21:16 AM

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Originally posted by Elfie
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?

Title: Apollo 11
Post by: Jackal1 on July 22, 2007, 06:36:56 AM

I watched it and am still trying to figure out just what was gained by it.

Title: Apollo 11
Post by: moot on July 22, 2007, 08:25:26 AM

We're one step closer to getting off this rock, to start with.

Title: Apollo 11
Post by: Nilsen on July 22, 2007, 08:46:37 AM

Everyone knows the moon landing never happend. It was filmed in a studio.

Title: Apollo 11
Post by: moot on July 22, 2007, 08:55:25 AM

A really big 1:1 scale studio in outer space..

Title: Apollo 11
Post by: JB88 on July 22, 2007, 09:00:29 AM

it was a mass hallucination brought on by an over consumption of tang.

Title: Apollo 11
Post by: Nilsen on July 22, 2007, 09:20:33 AM

Im sure Boroda has an interesting explenation for the landings :)