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Re: Happy Anniversary Apollo 11
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:10 am
by DisneyMom
GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:Wait a second, Disneymom, you are saying that you would have a kid at age 6??
way to make me feel, I was 16 errrrrr 6 yeah thats the ticket, 6!!!!
(year or so after that I was on my way to vietnam)
No,no, I'm old enough to be Cujo's Mom, apparently- but 40 years-unbelievably- have passed since the FIRST Moonwalk
Sounds like you were VERY young to be in the service, what was minimum age?
Re: Happy Anniversary Apollo 11
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:39 am
by Switchbeam 9
The legacy of that is astounding. Millions of people directly and indirectly involved. The industry created from that and the technology.
IMO had that spirit continued, we would be far better off right now economically. We would hold a huge dominance on a lot of high tech manufacturing and be better educated.
What was accomplished from 1968 to July of 1969 is hard to fathom today. Those two years stretched America's technology to the limit and forced technological evolution through necessity within a frantic rush.
Where we are today with our technological potential, imagine if we had that driving force.
Re: Happy Anniversary Apollo 11
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:44 am
by BRWombat
I was just about to turn 5 when the moon landing happened. I actually remember watching it on TV, and my parents talking about how important and historic it was. It's one of only two TV-related memories that have survived from that age -- the other was actually seeing (at least some of) an episode of Star Trek when it was first broadcast. (For what it's worth, the episode was "For the World Is Hollow, And I Have Touched the Sky.")
Re: Happy Anniversary Apollo 11
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:58 pm
by Purpura
I was a few months old when the Moon Landing happened. My mom has a pic of me on her knees (someone else took the photo) with a tv on next to us, and the Moon Landing on it.
Oldsters :D: :p:
Re: Happy Anniversary Apollo 11
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:36 pm
by BRWombat
Purpura wrote:I was a few months old when the Moon Landing happened. My mom has a pic of me on her knees (someone else took the photo) with a tv on next to us, and the Moon Landing on it.
Oldsters :D: :p:
The moon landed on your moms' knees?
Re: Happy Anniversary Apollo 11
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:33 pm
by Lasolimu
BRWombat wrote:The moon landed on your moms' knees?
No, no, no, she was on her Mom's knees, the moon was landing on the tv next to them.
Re: Happy Anniversary Apollo 11
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:13 pm
by darph nader
Lasolimu wrote:No, no, no, she was on her Mom's knees, the moon was landing on the tv next to them.
I like Wombat's better. (wish I'd thought of,damn it) :mad:
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:27 pm
by CujoSR
BRWombat wrote:The moon landed on your moms' knees?
Its a trap! Er, hoax.
Re: Happy Anniversary Apollo 11
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:25 pm
by ktulu
CujoSR wrote:Its a trap! Er, hoax.
Re: Happy Anniversary Apollo 11
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:29 pm
by GRUMPY PIRATE
WAIT A SECOND, Purpura mooned sombody on her knees in a trap while watching t.v.?