50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

[Lou]

20 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

But will they be able to successfully curry someone into space?

Surprisingly, I actually enjoyed this. 

[Jason]

2 hours ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

Funny how we are less capable of space travel 50 years later.

17 years later and the Halos are less capable of winning a World Series too

[Jason]

39 minutes ago, Lou said:

India's turn 

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/07/22/asia/india-space-ambitions-moon-launch-intl-hnk/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Fworld

Do we really need a convenience store on the moon? 

[Lou]

27 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Love that pic, and the story behind it.

In the Smithsonian series I mentioned earlier, Collins comments on some of the pics he took, including that one.

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, Jason said:

Do we really need a convenience store on the moon? 

Would you travel 240,000 miles if you weren't able to get a cherry slushee at the end of your trip? 

[tdawg87]

5 minutes ago, Jason said:

Do we really need a convenience store on the moon? 

Apollo 7-11

[Amazing Larry]

The Apullo space program.

[fan_since79]

Chris Kraft, the founder of NASA's Mission Control and flight director for Project Mercury and some Gemini flights, died today at the age of 95.

He just made the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 before passing away.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/chris-kraft-godfather-of-nasas-mission-control-dies-at-95/2019/07/22/bd058798-c000-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html?utm_term=.52023f187f21

 

[arch stanton]

7 hours ago, Lou said:

Surprisingly, I actually enjoyed this. 

As usual, I felt there was too much turmeric

[ten ocho recon scout]

11 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

But will they be able to successfully curry someone into space?

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

11 hours ago, Jason said:

Do we really need a convenience store on the moon? 

"Weve had a problem, buddy" - New Delhi 13

[ten ocho recon scout]

11 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Apollo 7-11

This will die in the off topic section. In the main boards, this would be a post of the year nominee.

[ten ocho recon scout]

"T Minus 10...9...8...7....Sikhs...."

[Blarg]

It would be ironic if they outsourced their mission control to Houston.

[the dude abides]

5 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

"Weve had a problem, buddy" - New Delhi 13

Mission Control: "Do the needful for launch in 3....2....1."

[HaloMilliVanilli]

On 7/22/2019 at 12:13 PM, Lou said:

Funny how we are less capable willing (?) of dropping an atom bomb 75 years later. 

fify?

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, HaloMilliVanilli said:

fify?

[fan_since79]

Wow, documents have been released that show a hospital in Ohio probably made some terrible mistakes that ended up killing Neil Armstrong in 2012.

The hospital settled with the family for $6 million.

Unbelievable series of events, but I understand this kind of negligence is not rare these days.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/07/23/neil-armstrong-family-got-six-million-settlement-hospital-after-death-mercy-health/1809928001/

[Lou]

On 7/21/2019 at 2:49 AM, Lou said:

I was searching for something new to watch about the moon landing yesterday and found this 6-part series from the Smithsonian Channel - Apollo's Moon Shot. I've watched the first 3 parts and have really enjoyed it.

 

Finally got a chance to finish watching this series. So glad I did. The moon landing is covered in E4, so 5&6 deal with everything through Apollo 17. 

I was so pumped up that I watched Apollo 11 afterwards. 

[Blarg]

I watched it live in 1969. 

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

I watched it live in 1969. 

 

 

[arch stanton]

I watched live also but I was 5 so watching Apollo 11 was a nice refresher 

[Blarg]

I was 10. We were at my grandfather's house in Victor, Montana, sitting in his family room the 10 of us. Grampa, his wife Colleen, my Mom and Dad with my 3 brothers and two sisters. 

When the Eagle landed my grandfather looks over and says, good job, John, to my father. They now rest 100 feet apart and about a mile from that family room. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

https://www.space.com/amp/apollo-moon-landing-sites-panoramas-photos.html

[Tank]

That was nice!