Do You Remember Apollo 11 - The Historic Moon Landing?

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   quicksandposted 10 years ago

   Do You Remember Apollo 11 - The Historic Moon Landing?
   
   Do you remember, and if you were around at that time, what memories are associated with this historic event that occurred in July 1969, featuring Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins?

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   Credence2posted 10 years ago

   On Sunday, July 20, 1969, I was just a kid at grandma’s house when I watched with intent interest Astronaut Neil Armstrong set foot upon the moon. A splendid achievement, wasn’t it? The culmination of years of trial and error, effort consistent with a pledge made by the late President Kennedy about reaching this goal before the 1960’s ended. It is all the more remarkable that he made this pledge while we still struggling with rockets exploding on the pad, yet to have launched a successful orbital mission. He had such confidence in the American people and American know-how that he asked us to reach for the stars and we did not disappoint. What happened to that America? When I saw this landing while in my early teens, I envisioned the possibility that in my lifetime shuttles to and from the moon would be as common as jet air transportation was at that time. I saw a future where men and women would be routinely working in space; I saw the film 2001, a Space Odyssey, as a prophetic vision of the very near future from the eyes of one who lived during the late 1960’s. From my perspective, NASA could do no wrong. This was to be a world full of opportunity and promise. The failure of this vision to come to fruition has to be one of the biggest disappointments of the ‘boomer generation”.

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      quicksandposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Credence2, thanks for responding. I too was a little kid and we prepared for weeks for this historic event. Even today, I don't ever get tired of watching on YouTube the moon landing and stuff associated with it.

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      Credence2posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thats a big 10-4, Quicksand, thanks

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