49 years ago today. July 20 1969

dad911 · 07-20-2018, 02:39 PM

JJ 911SC · JJ 911SC's Garage

I was 12, watch it live.

Back then the "sky" was the limit...

dad911 · 07-20-2018, 02:54 PM

I was seven.

I remember staying up late to watch. That youtube video is much better quality than the tube tv set we owned back then.....

JJ 911SC · JJ 911SC's Garage

As a funny trivia bit, the 1st feet to touch the moon were from Montréal

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/canada-and-the-moon-past-and-future-missions-1.810344

pwd72s · 07-20-2018, 03:45 PM

One of those "where were you when" moments.

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We lived in Hawaii at the time. It happened at prime time for us.
One of my friends from Texas loves to remind everyone the first word said from the surface was Houston. Remember, “Houston, the eagle has landed.”

A930Rocket · 07-20-2018, 04:02 PM

I was 10 years old and spending the night at my friends house. His dad woke us up to watch. Well, I watched. Fred slept through it.

sc_rufctr · 07-20-2018, 04:25 PM

I was 4

NY65912 · 07-20-2018, 05:06 PM

I was 14 and watched every minute of it. We huddled around the tv and watched until the late hours of the early morning. This event had a profound affect on the way I think.

Fantastic day.

R K T · 07-20-2018, 05:39 PM

I was 19 at college, Humboldt State U. and a house full of people watching and yes a few J's had been passed around. After the live feed we all went outside and stared at the full moon!

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I was 18 and in college - glued to to TV. amazing feat!

URY914 · URY914's Garage

I was 10. Watched it on our black and white GE.

Seahawk · 07-21-2018, 03:36 AM

drcoastline · 07-21-2018, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

I was 4

Me too. I have a very vague memory of the landing.

Jolly Amaranto · 07-21-2018, 07:15 AM

My dad was one of those 400,000 people involved in the "conspiracy". They even gave him a special sticker to put on his car as a reward for keeping the secrets.

Seahawk · 07-21-2018, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

My dad was one of those 400,000 people involved in the "conspiracy". They even gave him a special sticker to put on his car as a reward for keeping the secrets.

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How cool is that!?! I posted the below in the RB's thread on this same event.

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Originally Posted by Seahawk

I was 12.

It was Sunday. Our b/w TV was on a lower bench my parents brought back from Japan. I was lying on a carpet my Dad bought in the Middle East. I had one of those old pillows with the arms they used to sell as a bed rest for support.

I was transfixed. The landing happened around noon PST (I should look this up) and the walk many hours later.

After the landing, I remember going out to work and feed the horses and my Mom coming out to get me for the moon walk.

Jolly Amaranto · 07-21-2018, 07:19 AM

Then a while later they gave him this for the same reason.

dad911 · 07-21-2018, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

Then a while later they gave him this for the same reason.

That is very cool.

Zeke · 07-21-2018, 09:54 AM

I was 23 and most likely distracted as I tended to be. Wild times. I doubt I even had a place with a TV to sit down and watch.

I have much more vivid memories of the day Kennedy was shot. JFK, not Bobby. I was at college on campus when it was announced. The world stopped. Only a few times in history does this happen. The moon walk, 9/11 and the Towers and so on. Mega events.

The trivia we sit through these days is unbelievable.