champu 1 #26 July 21, 2012 Quote Quote Quote I did. I watched all I could find on TV about the landings. I was 13. I was -13 (to the day) didn't I meet you at Snore? If so you were not 13 in 1969 Indeed, note negative sign. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #27 July 21, 2012 I was 9 yo and living on Las Pasas way , Sacramento, CA. My dad and I walked to the Holiday Market down the street and had them make submarine sandwiches for the family. We also got big dill pickles from a barrel thing and I got a grape soda. Watched it on a b&w tv with my cat sleeping on top. Will never forget it. My dad was in charge of the propellant control valves on the Aerojet SPS motor. Still have a ball from one of those valves, it's about 4" diam. with a ~2" hole. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 3 #28 July 21, 2012 We watched it at our neighbor's house. It didn't seem fake OR time-delayed. Don "When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 3 #29 July 21, 2012 This reminds me.......someone told me once that he had read that Collins and Armstrong were discussing what Armstrong's first words should be, and that Collins said something like "If you had any balls, you'd scream something like 'Oh My God, WHAT IS THAT THING ??!!??!' then cut your microphone off for about 5 minutes." Don't know if that's true, but can you imagine the world-wide panic and horror that would have caused ? Don "When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,094 #30 July 21, 2012 I was 12. The B&W TV sat in between the staircases on a split-level home with the old rabbit ears as the living room focus. We studied a lot about space in the preceding months and even had the requisite "space-theme" science fair. I built an active volcano with Dad's help. When the judges came to my table, one of them said, "There's no volcanoes on the moon." I replied, "How do you know?" They made notes and walked away. I did not get close to winning... It was the same TV I watched Star Trek on.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wayneflorida 0 #31 July 23, 2012 I watched it. Had to get off my butt to turn on the TV, and then get off my butt to change the channel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,404 #32 July 23, 2012 Quote This reminds me.......someone told me once that he had read that Collins and Armstrong were discussing what Armstrong's first words should be, and that Collins said something like "If you had any balls, you'd scream something like 'Oh My God, WHAT IS THAT THING ??!!??!' then cut your microphone off for about 5 minutes." Don't know if that's true, but can you imagine the world-wide panic and horror that would have caused ? Don ROTFLMAO!!! Oh, gawd, he should have done it!"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grimmie 177 #33 July 23, 2012 My uncle was an early pioneer in computer geekdom for IBM in the '60s. He helped design the Apollo guidance systems. We visited my aunt and uncle in Huntsville and got to go out to the Redstone Arsenal to see the assembled rockets before they were shipped to Florida for launch. He knew most of the astronauts, which to me was the coolest thing ever. One year all of his geek pals gathered at the house with this giant telescope to track a mission. We were there visiting and they explained all sorts of techinical mumbo jumbo to me, a then 10 year old. Those guys loved being a part of the program. And yes, they all had pocket protectors in their shirts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Namowal 0 #34 July 23, 2012 Quote For those who don't remember it: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c1b2f26b1f/apollo-11-moon-landing-uncensored-transmission That never gets old.As for me, I was about seven months old, so if I watched it I don't remember it. I do remember the reading You Will Go to the Moon as a little kid, and looking forward to my trip there...My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 1 #35 July 23, 2012 Quote43 years ago. Who watched Armstrong's first step on TV as it happened? I don't know if Armed Forces TV had it on but I was busy doing someting else in RVN. When I did get to watch it, I thought Niel Armstrong blew the line,Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #36 July 25, 2012 I would have been four, going on five. I seem to remember watching it at the time, but given how young I was and how many times that footage will have been broadcast again over the years it's probably a false memory - or it was a later moon landing that I saw. I do remember the Apollo 13 drama - we said a prayer at school for the safe return of the astronauts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lekstrom10k 0 #37 July 25, 2012 Quote43 years ago. Who watched Armstrong's first step on TV as it happened? I built parts fpr the Seismograpn that went with them . Its picture was on one of the US mail stamps later. Years later 1981 I toured Neil Armstrongs Museum in Wapakoneta Ohio 0n I-75 and saw the backup model on the second floor. It was the first of many of things I made ended in museums. Does that mean I am getting old? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
obelixtim 103 #38 July 25, 2012 QuoteQuote43 years ago. Who watched Armstrong's first step on TV as it happened? I built parts fpr the Seismograpn that went with them . Its picture was on one of the US mail stamps later. Years later 1981 I toured Neil Armstrongs Museum in Wapakoneta Ohio 0n I-75 and saw the backup model on the second floor. It was the first of many of things I made ended in museums. Does that mean I am getting old? No. At least not until they decide to put you in a museum..... But did you hear about the three Irish astronauts, who intend to be the first humans to land on the sun. When told it is pretty hot up there, and they are gonna get all burnt up, they replied that they´d already thought of that, and were planning to land at night.......My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #39 July 25, 2012 I was born too late. I missed the whole thing. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
