52 years ago anniversary of mankind's greatest adventure.

[Jethro Rocker]

Was 52 years ago today that men finally walked on the moon, arguably the greatest accomplishment of mankind. Technology drove forward at unprecedented paces in this bold attempt at what was considered impossible. I remember most of Apollo fairly vividly. It was a crazy ride!!

 

[iblive]

Yeah. That was wild for sure. Think about it. We went from Wright Bros. first flight to walking on the moon in 66 years.

 

[Cadorman]

I remember being really excited about it. I was 3. Mom got me some Avon shampoo that came in a return capsule and had a map that traced the route around the earth and moon.

 

[Cadorman]

Yeah. That was wild for sure. Think about it. We went from Wright Bros. first flight to walking on the moon in 66 years.

Be careful, someone (likely me) will start bringing alien influence into the conversation.

 

[Jethro Rocker]

Find the book How Apollo Flew to the Moon.
Everything in minute detail . Explains fully how this was accomplished. Really cool!
I guess whenever man does something extraordinary there are always those who feel we didn't.

 

[Jethro Rocker]

Yeah. That was wild for sure. Think about it. We went from Wright Bros. first flight to walking on the moon in 66 years.

Many of the flights and early Mercury Gemini missions were flying by the seat of your pants. But the science showed it would work. Quite a collection of very smart people there.

 

[67plexi]

 

[aon]

And they managed to do it despite the guidance computer being SOLID STATE

Apollo Guidance Computer - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[eSGEe]

 

[eSGEe]

I was 5 months old...... Im told I was "present" and watching I think there is a pic of me and my dog someplace -- on the floor with the event on tv ......

 

[Ebidis]

I was 5 months old...... Im told I was "present" and watching I think there is a pic of me and my dog someplace -- on the floor with the event on tv ......

I was almost 3 years old. I don't remember it either. I have seen a lot of documentaries about it, and I can say that I think the astronauts back then had some big brass ones.

 

[smitty_p]

Ahh yes…the source of one of the most misquoted statements in modern history.

 

[Jethro Rocker]

Dad would get us up in the night to watch tbe rover on 15 thru 17. Life altering for me.

 

[Hackmaster]

We watched it in school the whole week it was unfolding.
It was really almost sci-fi at the time. Quite an accomplishment.

 

[iblive]

I was 5 months old...... Im told I was "present" and watching I think there is a pic of me and my dog someplace -- on the floor with the event on tv ......

I was 15. Suck eggs.

 

[steveb63]

This is a cool link, the actual Mission Control tapes of all departments of the whole flight.

Direct NASA feed.

Apollo in Real Time

A real-time interactive journey through the Apollo missions. Relive every moment as it occurred.

www.apolloinrealtime.org

 

[Jethro Rocker]

This is a cool link, the actual Mission Control tapes of all departments of the whole flight.

Direct NASA feed.

Apollo in Real Time

A real-time interactive journey through the Apollo missions. Relive every moment as it occurred.

www.apolloinrealtime.org

Yeah Those are awesome! Takes some time and I did do some fast forward here n there a couple years ago. I found a written transcript of everything as well. Every Apollo mission.

 

[DirtySteve]

I was almost 2 years old and I remember very vaguely watching the launch on TV. It's my earliest memory.

 

[steveb63]

Yeah Those are awesome! Takes some time and I did do some fast forward here n there a couple years ago. I found a written transcript of everything as well. Every Apollo mission.

I've replayed the Apollo 13 tapes of when they had their "problem"

Heavy stuff.

I'm 57, to me growing up, there was NOTHING cooler than being an astronaut.










Well, maybe a cowboy? Lol

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

Was 52 years ago today that men finally walked on the moon, arguably the greatest accomplishment of mankind. Technology drove forward at unprecedented paces in this bold attempt at what was considered impossible. I remember most of Apollo fairly vividly. It was a crazy ride!!

Yeah, I remember Dad rented a color TV, so he could watch the moon landing...
All we had back then was a black and white TV.

Which was funny, cause he could have stood in mission control and watched it.
Yup, Dad was a propulsion engineer for the LEM.
But he mostly used a slide rule.

One thing he taught me is that part of a Saturn V engine is held together with duct tape.
The moon's gravity was 1/10th that of earth, instead of the 1/8 previously assumed.
So, they had to force the LEM down to the surface using the steering jets, at the last second.
The LEM wouldn't land with it's own weight. There wasn't enough gravity.
So they plowed it into the moon to land it, true story.
At that time there was like 3 seconds of fuel left....almost didn't make it. That's how close it came to crashing, 3 seconds of fuel.

Those guys were sooooo obsessed with beating the Russians to the moon...
they did insane suicidal crazy poop. They were nuts.
They almost died literally.