Where were you when humans first landed on the Moon?
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
In front of the haunted fishtank with the rest of my family and some neighbours who didn't have TV. We had a proper antenna. ;P Which I made myself out of two pieces of 1" x 1", some copper rods and a copper loop with screw terminals for the connections. If I remember correctly it also had a wire mesh anti-ghosting screen at the rear. That damned thing lasted my parents for over 20 years.
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
I was in Hyattsville, Maryland and watched it live (I was 13 years old).
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
I was 10 years old, and clearly remember waking up to the largest font ever used in headlines in The Times of India. The headline said "MAN LANDS ON MOON", with the byline, "It's true - they've done it!". I was awed, mesmerized and very humbled by the event. /ravi
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I was 10 years old, and clearly remember waking up to the largest font ever used in headlines in The Times of India. The headline said "MAN LANDS ON MOON", with the byline, "It's true - they've done it!". I was awed, mesmerized and very humbled by the event. /ravi
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I've always wondered how it was reported outside the US. I've seen images of American papers -- one, I think it was the Chicago Tribune, comes to mind right away -- and it would be interesting to see a copy of the Times of India headlines and article, or papers from other major cities around the world.
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
I wasn't due to touch-down for another 3 months. :) (born Oct. 16, 1969) I am still astonished what NASA accomplished back in the '60s. I'm fascinated with NASA's golden age of space flight (Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo).
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
I was about three. I must have been asleep in bed.
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
I was in Bundaberg, Qld, installing in a sugar mill a juice sampling system we'd built in Melbourne. I took the afternoon off to watch b&w in my motel room along with a couple of chemists from the mill. My then gf, now wife, dragged a tv into the classroom where she was teaching, so a bunch of 5yo's got a treat (and she got an earfull from the boss!)
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
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Toking a joint, tripping on a hit of acid and declaring it was all staged on a Hollywood sound set! :-D
GratefulAl wrote:
it was all staged on a Hollywood sound set
No, no, no. Sure, they were staged, but on the surface of the moon in large lunar soundstages... http://www.vgg.com/tr/tr_102201_moon.html[^]
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
I was sitting up with my family through the night in England, glued to the B&W TV. I was 24 and it all seemed very important - the realisation of all boy's dreams. It was almost as important as the arrival of Doctor Who six years earlier!
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GratefulAl wrote:
it was all staged on a Hollywood sound set
No, no, no. Sure, they were staged, but on the surface of the moon in large lunar soundstages... http://www.vgg.com/tr/tr_102201_moon.html[^]
That's boo-ti-ful man! I KNEW IT!
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
Gregory, The right question is: when humans will land on the Moon again, will you be there?
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
I was almost six and I clearly remember I was watching this event on a HUGE (compared to me) B&W TV set. What was happening in those unclear himages was not very clear to me, but everyone in the room was very excited. To date I really appreciate the whole engineering efforts, as effectively depicted by the documentaries "Moon Machines" which can also be found on youtube. The Nav Computer and it's human interface is still amazing! Antonio
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
Sitting in the living room with my Dad watching it live on TV. I was 14 at the time and had grown up parked in front of the TV for each and every televised launch from Mercury to Gemini to Apollo. I remember staying up for over 24 hours for the first time so I could watch the specials the networks were broadcasting. It was the first time they did not shut down at midnight. Saw some really awesome soviet videos where they were planning on using linear accelerators to launch from the moon's surface (read Robert A. Heinlein's 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress'). Haven't seen them since, they were really well done. Been a space geek since birth, first set of books I owned at age 5 were the Golden Book reprints of the Collier Magazine 'Man in Space' series. Made rockets out of clay for art show in first grade. Nowadays, I'm not so keen on manned spaceflight since everytime there is a death, they shut down everything for years. I'd rather see zillions of robots (for economy of scale in production) and telepresence via the Internet. That way everyone can get a vested interest in spaceflight instead of just a select few. I want the space colonies built and tested by machines before we send humans on a long trip that could be one-way and potentially fatal. A failed manned mission to Mars would shutdown interest and push back exploration for a century. After watching 2001: A Space Odyssey, I was really looking forward to spending my 45th birthday in orbit. Maybe 2101. :cool:
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If you weren't born yet, you can just move along ;P This question was prompted by something a couple of threads down. The Apollo 11[^] mission was launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon July 20, 1969, 20:17 UTC. The "one small step for man" took place about six and a half hours latter on July 21, 02:39 UTC; the ETV lasted two and a half hours. Less than a day after landing, the Lunar Module lifted off the Moon's surface on July 21, 17:54 UTC and landed again on Earth in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 16:50:35 UTC. The mission launched just after my second birthday, and watching the television broadcasts are my earliest clear memories. Where were you?
On the day before the landing I was in the Spanish coastal village of Sitges, just south of Barcelona. I was on a 30 day leave and I began my trip back to our Fulda Gap site the following day. On that final day in that sunny heaven, I purchased a crude pencil drawing of our capsule, with a stick figure man beside it, from a small boy, who ran joyfully to his beaming mother. The mother and I shared a moment of eye contact that I cannot explain other than to say that she thanked me so much for making her little boy so happy in that moment. Tucked away somewhere, in the bottom of a box, at the back of my storage facility, someone one day will discover the first commercial work of Spain's most famous modern artist. I fantasize that from time to time. Perhaps I set his little feet upon the path that day. I hope. In the middle of that night, it seems to me that it was around 4 the following morning, I was at a gas station, across the river from Lyon, France. The city was dark as pitch. Suddenly, church bells began to ring, sirens blared, lights came on all over the city. I asked the attendant what was going on, what was happening? I had forgotten what was to come. He excitedly explained that “men have landed on the moon”. It struck me then, as it does now, what a grand and unifying occasion it was. I was proud that it was “my” guys that had done the deed, but I was, and am, equally proud of the species that accomplished the feat. I was a very serious young man in those days and cynical and hard from my work and experiences, but that moment sticks with me still and gives me some hope for us all. Men have landed on the moon! All that day, I drove through small towns where American flags hung from windows, and even though I had International plates, I also had the customary nationality sticker on the VW bus. People were joyful, it seemed to me. They waved and cheered as I edged through the traffic, down narrow streets. I had been cheered before, but never had it felt so good. Perhaps you can tell that I would give a fortune to return to that day or the day before....?