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Post by beaverdude on Jul 11, 2019 15:58:33 GMT -8
I was almost 10.
I remember being glued to the neighbors color TV (we had B&W) during the landing and moon walk wondering why the moon wasn't in color....
Every kid in the neighborhood wanted to be an astronaut.
We ate space food sticks and drank Tang by the gallon. We begged poor mom for astronaut ice cream.
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Post by Tigardbeav on Jul 11, 2019 16:45:02 GMT -8
I was almost 10. I remember being glued to the neighbors color TV (we had B&W) during the landing and moon walk wondering why the moon wasn't in color.... Every kid in the neighborhood wanted to be an astronaut. We ate space food sticks and drank Tang by the gallon. We begged poor mom for astronaut ice cream. color TV? Weren't you uptown. (LOL) B&W at Grandpas house.He was born in 1899. So he went from horse drawn carriage to landing on the moon. the last few seconds were excruciating as the astronauts were focused on landing and not necessarily updating the audience. Dad worked for Pratt & Whitney in Florida after college (OAC) so we saw a few missions. Mostly Gemini & the first few Apollo ships. Every once in a while you could see the rocket contrails. We would go out at school and watch. |
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Post by seastape on Jul 11, 2019 20:01:37 GMT -8
I was almost 10. I remember being glued to the neighbors color TV (we had B&W) during the landing and moon walk wondering why the moon wasn't in color.... Every kid in the neighborhood wanted to be an astronaut. We ate space food sticks and drank Tang by the gallon. We begged poor mom for astronaut ice cream. color TV? Weren't you uptown. (LOL) B&W at Grandpas house. He was born in 1899. So he went from horse drawn carriage to landing on the moon. the last few seconds were excruciating as the astronauts were focused on landing and not necessarily updating the audience. Dad worked for Pratt & Whitney in Florida after college (OAC) so we saw a few missions. Mostly Gemini & the first few Apollo ships. Every once in a while you could see the rocket contrails. We would go out at school and watch. My wife's great grandmother lived to be 100+ years old and died somewhere in the 1980s. One day at a family holiday dinner someone asked her what was the biggest change that she had seen. She thought for a few moments and replied, "Asphalt." She then recounted that, living in the Midwest, there were years where they did not leave the farm for months because of the weather and lack of roads. |
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Post by 2ndGenBeaver on Jul 11, 2019 21:22:49 GMT -8
I have to say that this documentary on the topic is just FANTASTIC.
Highly recommended.
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Post by sagebrush on Jul 12, 2019 4:08:04 GMT -8
Jealous of all you guys who got to watch it. Read about it few days after the fact in Stars and Stripes.
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Post by TheGlove on Jul 12, 2019 10:04:54 GMT -8
Fake news.
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Post by sagebrush on Jul 12, 2019 10:15:56 GMT -8
Surprised there were no Emmys for set design for the moon landing. 😁 Just kidding folks. Those guys had real balls. Yeah, we're going to land on the moon, take off, and come back. What moron thought this up.
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Post by beaverdude on Jul 12, 2019 11:31:22 GMT -8
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Post by TheGlove on Jul 12, 2019 13:29:55 GMT -8
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Post by 2ndGenBeaver on Jul 13, 2019 21:41:01 GMT -8
Great time to figure out whether the local Astronomy club is hosting a Star Party or, if you have a telescope or binoculars of your own to dust them off and play:
Jupiter is out there and close, good to scope the moon and remember/remind those around you of arguably the humanity's greatest achievement (landing on the moon), and then Saturn is also about as close as it gets.....
The last 2 nights I have gotten very good views of Jupiter/Saturn and the moon with my 8" scope off the back porch, and one night I forced my kids to come out and stare at the moon and ponder the fact that 50 years ago man actually set foot there. And then we had a long discussion about how all that momentum was lost by the US, and 50 years later we will likely watch other countries once again take up the baton and force us into reactionary mode.
Oh well, back to my original point - if you have the optics or local enthusiasts at hand, great time to be looking up!
And then you can come back here and debate fake news :-).
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Post by bennysdentist on Jul 17, 2019 11:35:27 GMT -8
Surprised there were no Emmys for set design for the moon landing. 😁 Just kidding folks. Those guys had real balls. Yeah, we're going to land on the moon, take off, and come back. What moron thought this up. Yeah, oh, and do it eight years from now. I don't care if you have the technology, invent it. |
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Post by bennysdentist on Jul 17, 2019 11:36:29 GMT -8
I was almost 10. I remember being glued to the neighbors color TV (we had B&W) during the landing and moon walk wondering why the moon wasn't in color.... Every kid in the neighborhood wanted to be an astronaut. We ate space food sticks and drank Tang by the gallon. We begged poor mom for astronaut ice cream. Have you tasted Tang lately? I used to drink it every morning and loved it. Had a glass yesterday, uh, not so good. |
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Post by ag87 on Jul 17, 2019 12:25:03 GMT -8
I was almost 10. I remember being glued to the neighbors color TV (we had B&W) during the landing and moon walk wondering why the moon wasn't in color.... Every kid in the neighborhood wanted to be an astronaut. We ate space food sticks and drank Tang by the gallon. We begged poor mom for astronaut ice cream. Have you tasted Tang lately? I used to drink it every morning and loved it. Had a glass yesterday, uh, not so good. You can still buy Tang? I drank a lot of it in the early 70's (I liked it) but probably none since then. The moon landing was very close to my sixth birthday. It seems like my Dad got me out of bed to watch on our black n white. I did have an about 3-foot tall model of the Saturn V rocket. I don't remember specifically but I'm sure I watched my Dad start putting it together and then got bored and did something else. It's not space related but what I do remember is my Dad teaching me to use his slide rule to figure batting averages. I would not have had a clue how to do long division at that time, but if I knew Tommie Agee had 153 hits in 635 at bats, I could come up with .271 |
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Post by Tigardbeav on Jul 17, 2019 21:32:38 GMT -8
My wife's great grandmother lived to be 100+ years old and died somewhere in the 1980s. One day at a family holiday dinner someone asked her what was the biggest change that she had seen. She thought for a few moments and replied, "Asphalt." She then recounted that, living in the Midwest, there were years where they did not leave the farm for months because of the weather and lack of roads. So running hot & cold water was NBD?  although I can see the allure of fresh laid asphalt too izzat like the guy telling Dustin Hoffman...plastics |
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Post by sagebrush on Jul 20, 2019 13:26:47 GMT -8
Posted in commemoration of boots on the ground day.
OK you guys here is the agenda. I am going to strap your asses into a rocket, blast you off into space in the general direction of the moon. When we get close, you are going to get into a battery powered drone, and land on the moon. Then, you are going to get out and walk around. Then you are going to get back into the drone and hopefully take off and meet up with the rocket. Then turn around and head back toward Earth. When you get close, you are going to get into some capsule, detach yourself from the rocket and then reenter the atmosphere like a freaking meteor. Then crash somewhere in the ocean, hopefully without burning up or breaking apart on said crashing. Hopefully, you crash somewhere close enough to a ship that we can get to you before you sink. And, I am going to be doing all the necessary calculations you need to execute using a fooking slide rule. Sounds like a good idea to me. Enjoy the adventure.
Talk about huge, fuzzy balls.
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