airtwardo 6 #101 December 10, 2006 QuoteEveryone here at Z-hills just watched the takeoff. It lit up the sky very nicely! It was in full view for over three minutes. So....is the the FIRST time you saw it live, at night, from Z-hills...? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #102 December 10, 2006 I'm so jealous. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwampThing 0 #103 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteEveryone here at Z-hills just watched the takeoff. It lit up the sky very nicely! It was in full view for over three minutes. So....is the the FIRST time you saw it live, at night, from Z-hills...? In DECEMBER?! The Pessimist says: "It can't possibly get any worse!" The Optimist says: "Sure it can!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeForsythe 0 #104 December 10, 2006 QuoteDude you are oldHey, you should have respect for your elders for I too was here for Apollo!Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #105 December 10, 2006 QuoteHey, you should have respect If I dont do I get punished ? Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #106 December 10, 2006 Saturn V launches were AWSOME.... seen both Sat V and Shuttle... the Saturn just rocked the world when they turned on those big F1 motors. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #107 December 10, 2006 You know I could come up with four paragraphs about this, but all I can say is WoW! . . . NickD BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rapter 0 #108 December 10, 2006 I must be real old, I remember my parents waking me up in the early morning to watch a Gemini launch. At the time they were testing the motors of the Saturn up at the rocket lad at Edwards AFB not far from my home, it would light up the night sky Only the good die young, so I have found immortality, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zing 2 #109 December 10, 2006 I had an uncle who retired out of the Air Farce to Leesburg, Fla. He used to call my dad's place and then hold the phone out the window and you could hear the launch roar clearly. I managed to be at the Titusville Scareport during a launch in 85 (???) and got to watch one of the night launches from my uncles backyard. I can still remember my dad getting me and my siblings up to go outside in the middle of the night to see Sputnik and tuning in signals from it and other early satellites on this multiband tube radio my dad got in Germany just after WWII. Guess I never shook off the bug that got me back then.Zing Lurks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #110 December 10, 2006 Story and I sat in the jumpseats on a vomit comet mission a bnch of years ago. Both us grinnin ear to ear on a parabola..... He really is a down to earth (no pun) guy... Buck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #111 December 10, 2006 STFU! & show some respect !I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #112 December 10, 2006 QuoteEveryone here at Z-hills just watched the takeoff. It lit up the sky very nicely! It was in full view for over three minutes. Awesome ! Tried to see it from middle GA... Alas.. nada.. Godspeed!I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeForsythe 0 #113 December 10, 2006 QuoteI must be real old, I remember my parents waking me up in the early morning to watch a Gemini launch. Thanks buddy, I saw those too. This is becoming a really depressing thread.Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeForsythe 0 #114 December 10, 2006 QuoteIf I dont do I get punished ?If I were younger I would say you need a spanking but at my age I would just hurt my hand.Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #115 December 10, 2006 My brother traded me a model of a Gemini to trade rooms with him when I was a kid. I did.............. better? I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rapter 0 #116 December 10, 2006 There are a few ladies who frequent this massage board I would like to Suggest to do the dirty work for you Only the good die young, so I have found immortality, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeForsythe 0 #117 December 10, 2006 QuoteThere are a few ladies who frequent this massage board I would like to Suggest to do the dirty work for youOh, if I have to I will take one for the team, put me in coach!Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zing 2 #118 December 10, 2006 On a visit home last summer my folks were cleaning out their basement and gettimg rid of a bunch of junk. In one box they found a GI Joe Mercury Capsule that I received as a Christmas present, umm, more years ago than I care to remember. But, I've still got a NASA approved GI Joe space capsule.Zing Lurks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #119 December 10, 2006 That just might be worth some big bucks. Hope you held on to it. EBAY . If you don't want to keep it.I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zing 2 #120 December 10, 2006 Nah, you can find them on Ebay for about $10 ... unless you've got the capsule and a GI Joe in the complete spacesuit in the original package. Then its worth about $150. I only have the capsule, but it can sit in a box for another 45 years.Zing Lurks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rapter 0 #121 December 10, 2006 While we are talking about space stuff, I'm on lone in Wichita Kansas right now. I went to the Cosmosphere near by. What a cool museum, I was impressed with there collection, they have the real Apollo 13, Gemini 10 and Mercury 7, one of only a few places all types of man space vehicles that have flown in space. Why in the middle of nowhere they have collection like this I have no idea. I blew up my GI Joe in his capsule with a M-80. Those hard plastic deck top models from the 1960s are worth cash. Only the good die young, so I have found immortality, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #122 December 10, 2006 I aint scared of "the Don" Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #123 December 10, 2006 Yep. Burned & blew up alot of GI Joe stuff! What the hell did they think we would do .. I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zing 2 #124 December 10, 2006 I got in trouble for stripping them down and slipping them into bed with my sister's Barbie dolls. My dad thought it was funny, but my mom and my sisters had a shit attack over it.Zing Lurks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #125 December 10, 2006 Funny shit dude.... I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
