Fun fact about the moon landing

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by URY914

You mean like a cancer vaccine? No way everyone would take it.

We have an EXCELLENT vaccine that prevents a specific cancer. As long as you get the vaccine before you are exposed to the virus, you prevent that cancer.

Unfortunately, the virus is sexually transmitted. And it being a vaccine, the anti-vaxxers are joined by the conservatives who don't think their little boy or girl will ever be sexually active.

[Seahawk]

First of all, being a Giant fan I know and love the Gaylord story.

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/gaylord-perry-hits-home-run-just-minutes-after-neil-armstrong-moon-landing-c2433

I was 12 and watched the landing at the ranch in California. I was lying on the shag carpet in front of the b/w TV with one of our dogs, mesmerized.

My Dad knew some of the NASA guys from graduate school at MIT and they talked after the mission was over.

[drcoastline]

I was five, I think I remember the landing? I can't say for sure I remember watching the actual landing or if I remember all the news coverage of the landing?

[GH85Carrera]

When they landed (splashed down) back on Earth they were transferred to the "Moon bug" capsule in case they brought back so microbe or virus from the moon.

That capsule with the crew came within two blocks of our house. Of COURSE i rode my bike along side of it as it was taken to the airport to be flown back to Houston.

The newspaper clipping is from Apollo 12. Me riding my Sting Ray bike.




You can see a kid on a bike closest to the capsule. That kid is me. This one was Apollo 11, I waved to them and Niel waved back. I am sure he remembered me!

[URY914]

Boy, they sure went to a lot of trouble to stage that whole thing didn't they.....

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

One of those events that has everybody remembering where they were...

Funny that. I have no idea. 2 events stick our in my mind where I can remember where I was and exactly what I was doing: JFK assignation (I believe it was announced over a PA system at college while I was between classes), and the NYC twin towers attack. Saw the 2nd plane live. It was pretty early on the West Coast, like before leaving for work.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Funny that. I have no idea.

I would say the three mentioned were the big three in my life. 2nd grade for JFK. They sent us home early and I think it was on the bus. "Of course your Mom will be home".

[stevej37]

I was 16 and watched it on our family's b&w tv. (I think it was a 21 incher...large for it's time)

I was 10 when JFK happened.

[ErVikingo]

a little coincidence. That day one of our mares gave birth. We named the horse Apollo !

[masraum]

I don't really have any US/World events that stand out as something where I remember where I was. I missed the whole moon thing. I was around for the shuttle, and while that was cool, it didn't seem like that big a deal to me at the time (I was 11). I remember my parents, especially my dad seemed really into the space shuttle launch and landing. I guess it didn't seem that special to me because as a kid there had always been NASA and space travel, and a "plane" seemed completely natural. I'm sure that at 11, I just didn't get how amazing it was compared to the previous methods. Now, for me, the Space-X boosters landing vertically seems like Sci-Fi.

[Tobra]

I was 5, watched in on TV at home. I remember it was around lunchtime.

Dad worked for North American Aviation until 1967. He knew a lot of the guys that did the command module.

He also had a really cool metal model of an X-15, I think my brother still has it.

[Sooner or later]

1st step at 10:56 pm eastern time

[Tobra]

I mean when they landed, just finished lunch, the climbing out of the thing was after dinner.

[Sooner or later]

Looking back it seemed to me that he stepped off closer to 7 or 8 pm Central than the actual 10 pm, didn't seem to be nearly that late. I have no recollection of when they landed, only the first step.

[gregpark]

The moon landing is a vivid memory for me. Glued to the TV. Just as incredulous to me at that age was Bob Beamon breaking the world long jump record by more than 2 feet the previous year in Mexico city

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Sooner or later

Looking back it seemed to me that he stepped off closer to 7 or 8 pm Central than the actual 10 pm, didn't seem to be nearly that late. I have no recollection of when they landed, only the first step.

It was pretty late for us in Ohio when he stepped off.

Was at my grandmas house and she was puffing L&M's and drinking Stroh's longnecks.

[maxnine11]

They almost didn't land the lander.
And when they did, overshot the planned landing spot by miles.
Here's the intense story why:

https://www.wired.com/story/apollo-11-mission-out-of-control/

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

First of all, being a Giant fan I know and love the Gaylord story.

I was a big fan of Gaylord. He lived in Portola Valley while with the Giants, the town where I went to school. It was probably 1971, when I was 12, when he approached us kids while we were playing baseball at PV School. He asked if he could pitch and of course we said yes. He grooved a slow ball over the middle of the plate and I ripped a line drive into left-center for a stand-up double. So, yeah, I hit a double off a hall of famer.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by maxnine11

They almost didn't land the lander.
And when they did, overshot the planned landing spot by miles.
Here's the intense story why:

https://www.wired.com/story/apollo-11-mission-out-of-control/

Tell that to island911. He seems to think they could have landed on a dime.

[Tobra]

It took FOREVER between "the Eagle has landed" and "one small step for man"