Moon-shot

[rgp]

53 yrs ago today was the moonshot / landing. Hard to believe it has been that long ago, I was 20 @ the time . I was also married @ the time, and I remember my father in law, saying Armstrong missed a good opportunity to make some kind of a [it is made of cream cheese] joke. You'd have to know him ..... <grin>

After he {Armstrong} quit NASA he ended up working at UC as a professor, my mother wound up working for him , in a secretary capacity . She introduced me to him, at the spring break party .... the party they had for the staff ... obviously @ S/break . He was a nice guy, my mother liked working for him .... and he said he really liked her. He was a bit odd ? .... and i was instructed by my mother to NOT! bring up the moon landing . He was very sensitive about it ...... Yeah I don't get it either but, not wanting to cause trouble for my mom, I kept my mouth shut and just shook his hand and spoke about ..... mostly my mom , and what he was going to do during the break. {Grand-Canyon} I think it was.

Anyway , 53 years ....... wow.

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[JaniceM]

The science-batty one of my kids would gasp at this, but I wasn't really interested or impressed. Looking back, I guess it was impressive.

 

[Llynn]

I was a young sailor serving on a ship home ported in San Diego. We had just returned from a tour in Vietnam and I was living off-ship in a duplex in Chula Vista. I was glued to my old black and white 16 inch tv tuned to the landing coverage.

After dark. I walked to a nearby convenience store to pick up some adult beverages. The sky was clear and the moon was full or near full and I remember thinking how amazing it was that human beings were walking around on the moon at that very moment.

 

[Alligatorob]

I remember seeing it on an old black and white tv in a gas station. Not something forgotten.

In the Houston airport there is a sign saying "Houston" was the first word spoken on the moon, its almost true...

"The first symbolic word was 'Houston, Tranquility Base.'' Aldrin recalled. "However, before we got to that point, when we touched down I said - because I watched the light - 'Contact light, engine stop.'''

Houston, we have a myth: What was really the first word spoken from the moon?​

 

[JaniceM]

Houston, we have a myth: What was really the first word spoken from the moon?​

"WOOOOOOOO!!!!"

no?

 

[debodun]

I was between my junior and senior year in high school and taking a summer course at Syracuse University at the time. I remember watching it on a 12" B&W TV set in the dorm.

 

[debodun]

"WOOOOOOOO!!!!"

no?

I thought it was PHEW!!!
Actually it was "Contact light."

 

[Tish]

I remember watching it on an old black and white t.v. I was 9 years old.

 

[Alligatorob]

I was between my junior and senior year in high school

You must be the same age as I, born in 52.

 

[Geezer Garage]

I was just out of high school, and watching it with my family, including my grandfather who had always said they would never be able to do it. headed for boot camp a few days later.

 

[PamfromTx]

I was probably getting my diaper changed by Mom. Just kidding!