Subdeacon Joe Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 "Lunar - Missions - Apollo 11 Mission" https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_11/# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I remember it well. I was 8 and totally nuts about NASA and the Apollo missions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Was my first birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 You youngster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I remember it well. My father, who spent his entire career in aerospace, gathered the three of us around the TV to watch. Magnificent. That is what inspired me to work in aerospace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 July 1969, I was fresh out of high school and in Navy Boot Camp in Orlando. It was hot and it WAS NOT 'learn how to swim day' in the training schedule. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I was 15 and trout fishing on the Rio Grande river south of Creede, Colorado. When I got back to the house it was on tv and my step dad was telling us that it was all staged and it didn’t really happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Michigan Slim said: Was my first birthday. Happy Belated Birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I was visiting Grandparents on Cape Cod at 15 yo. Happy Birthday Slim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. O. R. Vet Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I had just graduated from Central Methodist College in May and was a beginning assistant piano technician at UMKC (University of Missouri--Kansas City). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Michigan Slim said: Was my first birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I was in a popular College Bar on Cape Cod, and it was on the TV. A drunk staggered over to play the juke box and without a word said was picked up, passed hand to hand and thrown out the front door. Everybody else was really fired up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Our neighbours, my Mother and Father, my bride and I all watched with excitement, bated breath and even a few tears of joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 You have to dial back to the Cold War and the USSR putting Sputnik up in '57 which scared the heck out of everyone. Our attempt to respond in '58 failed when the booster blew up. That led to the creation of NASA and ARPA plus a huge boost in money for College Education. At the height of the drive for space 5% of national spending went to NASA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Daily Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 I was in training training at Ft. Sill OK. I watched the broadcast on a classroom TV monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 20 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I remember it well. I was 8 and totally nuts about NASA and the Apollo missions. For me it was the space shuttle. I was in third grade when the Challenger blew up, and I watched it live while walking from the classroom out to recess (they had a TV on a cart!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 I was 22 married and my son was a year old. I remember watching it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Armstrong was supposed to say, “ One small step for A Man, one giant leap for mankind. I guess he was a little nervous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 I'm told I witnessed it, but I have no memory of it. Of course I was only 37 days old so I suppose I have a legitimate reason for not remembering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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