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Celebrate the MOON: The Apollo 11 mission July 20, 1969 and Moon today, and LORE, Myths etc.
July 20, 1969
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The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Project Apollo and the third human voyage to the Moon. It was also the second all-veteran crew in manned spaceflight history. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 21 (0256 GMT), Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. The mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's goal of reaching the moon by the end of the 1960s.
"Better if he had said something natural like, 'Jesus, here we are.'"
Sir Edmund Hillary, Commenting on Neil Armstrong's 1969 message from the moon,
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges.
It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth.
I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight.
The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more
pronounced than here on earth. It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it.
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Strange and unknown. LOL |
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July 20, 1944...the failed attempt on Hitler by von Stauffenberg and a group of generals...blew up his meeting but failed to kill him. |
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And by the way, thanks for this post, it was a great day in American history and the history of mankind. |
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BFD, on a serious note and I hope you will answer--what did going to the moon do for mankind? I know it was a great upmanship fo the USA to Russia but for mankind? I have heard that before but have not really understood it. Thanks |
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The space race was responsible for giant leaps in technology, the hand held tv camera (25 million dollars!!) that they used on the moon revolutionalized TV and cameras...the space industry created (and continues to create) hundreds of thousands of jobs (Gus Grissoms priceless quote when asked what he thought about when the rockets fired and the lift off began...he replied something to the effect that there were millions of individual parts in the rocket and capsule and every one went out to the lowest bidder) medical advances, and thousands of other areas, communications, manufacturing, ceramics, plastics, and the beat goes on. The argument could be made that these things would have come about anyway, but there is no real way to measure the total impact NASA and its programs had on the country, only to see clearly that it was a monumental achievement for our country...and yeah, we not only beat the Russians, no one else has done it sense. |
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Thanks for the reply |
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I don't think I can speak for "Mankind" What I remember being concerned about in 1969, were woman's rights/ rioting in Chicago/racial hate. You know thing more earthly and close to home. |
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One thing I remember about July 20, 1969 was that the world stopped for a couple of hours and people all over it watched as the hatch opened and Neil stepped off the ladder. The sixties were a rough time for a lot of folks, but that one day there was a feeling of unity across the globe, at least where we were (Viernheim, Germany)...too bad it didn't last long. |
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Beautiful photo's... "Did you take them yourself?" Too bad nowdays we cannot figure out how to get enough fuel to go across town! Ask yourself what great feats has been accomplished in the last 10 or 20 years? Too bad Americans have forgotten how to do great feats! "Eagle" |
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scratching my head....can I get back to you, I'll google and let you know.LOL |
And GreatMartin decided to move to Memphis--that was like going to the moon! LOL