DogOnPorch Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 July 16th, 1969. Lift-off! Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) Cool...let's set the stage: Billboard (USA) #1 single was Zager and Evans "In The Year 2525".... http://www.ultimate60s.com/chart/billboard I remember watching for the "translunar injection" burn with a cheap pair of foldable binoculars. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/ai...ce/4317016.html Edited July 17, 2009 by bush_cheney2004 Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
DogOnPorch Posted July 17, 2009 Author Report Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) I was just a kid in 1969, but I recall waiting what seemed forever for the astronauts to exit the LM. Those ghostly images were soon enough upgraded to spectacular full colour in the later missions. I even had a favorite astronaut...John Young. Cool as a cucumber like Armstrong. Seemed to miss out on the fame end of things despite his flying the Gemini (twice), the Apollo twice and the first STS...plus STS-9...6 trips into space! Edited July 17, 2009 by DogOnPorch Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 I was just a kid in 1969, but I recall waiting what seemed forever for the astronauts to exit the LM. Those ghostly images were soon enough upgraded to spectacular full colour in the later missions. We didn't have a color TV back then, so B&W was just fine. My brother tried to take a picture of the TV screen with a Kodak Brownie type camera with a flash bulb.....you know how that worked out. I managed to tape the audio on a 5" reel machine. It was a big frickin' deal! I even had a favorite astronaut...John Young. Cool as a cucumber like Armstrong. Seemed to miss out on the fame end of things despite his flying the Gemini, the Apollo twice and the first STS. To this day, I am a Michael Collins guy.....no glory....no limelight...just did his job in lunar orbit. Armstrong was wise to keep his status low key and never milked it, but Buzz Aldrin went way over the top. Thing I can't figure out is if Aldrin was the LEM pilot, why did mission commander Armstrong take over manual control for landing? Maybe I got that wrong. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
DogOnPorch Posted July 17, 2009 Author Report Posted July 17, 2009 We didn't have a color TV back then, so B&W was just fine. My brother tried to take a picture of the TV screen with a Kodak Brownie type camera with a flash bulb.....you know how that worked out. I managed to tape the audio on a 5" reel machine.It was a big frickin' deal! We had a huge 'Electrohome' Colour TV as of 1970. I'm sure it took all the power from the Grand Coulee dam just to run the thing. To this day, I am a Michael Collins guy.....no glory....no limelight...just did his job in lunar orbit. Armstrong was wise to keep his status low key and never milked it, but Buzz Aldrin went way over the top. Thing I can't figure out is if Aldrin was the LEM pilot, why did mission commander Armstrong take over manual control for landing? Maybe I got that wrong. Mike's my #2. His book was awesome (Carrying the Fire). Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted July 17, 2009 Author Report Posted July 17, 2009 Re: Buzz and the LM. I think it was because Buzz was a walking calculator. He could do rendezvous equations in his head. He was of more value watching the numbers. That would be my guess. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
August1991 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) July/August are slow news months. The MSM are probably thankful that Apollo 11 landed in July. It can make a 40th anniversary into a news event. (I'm personally waiting for the blow-out centenary). Nevertheless, let's have some fun: Where were you when you first learned that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon? [i'm in Russia now and so I have asked people this question. I like the answer one woman gave me: she doesn't remember. But she remembers well when Gagarin was launched into space. As a pupil, she clacked her school desk wanting to go Red Square to celebrate.] Mike's my #2. His book was awesome (Carrying the Fire). Agreed. I enjoyed reading that book and I have always enjoyed his comments in various documentaries/interviews. He, and Jim Lovell, put me in the picture. Edited July 17, 2009 by August1991 Quote
DogOnPorch Posted July 17, 2009 Author Report Posted July 17, 2009 Nevertheless, let's have some fun: Where were you when you first learned that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon? Kelowna, BC. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) ....Nevertheless, let's have some fun: Where were you when you first learned that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon? Same place where I learned that President Kennedy was shot.....Philly. He never got to see the landings spawned by his Cold War challenge to one up Yuri Gagarin, Hero of the Soviet Union. Edited July 17, 2009 by bush_cheney2004 Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
DogOnPorch Posted July 17, 2009 Author Report Posted July 17, 2009 My favorite Cosmonaut was Valentin Lebedev. He also wrote an excellent book about his space travels (Diary of a Cosmonaut: 211 Days in Space). Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted July 17, 2009 Author Report Posted July 17, 2009 The unsung Apollo missions...Apollos 7, 8*, 9 and 10*. Apollo 7...note the Saturn Ib. The Wally Schirra came down with the Hong Kong flu in orbit. Apollo capsule test flight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71IHt62I8gU Excellent Apollo 8 liftoff footage...note at all the ice falling off during launch. Our first trip to the Moon. Apollo 9...the big test. All systems tested for about 10 days in Earth orbit including the LEM. Apollo 10...the dress rehearsal. The LEM came within 15km of the Lunar surface. Perhaps the most dangerous of the Apollo missions. None of this had been tried "for real" before. * Went to the Moon. Before the manned launches, there were a few tests...the most famous being Apollo 4 for this particular spectacular footage. Apollo 5 was the first test of the LEM using the smaller Saturn Ib Apollo 6 was the test launch that nearly failed...I bet the guys didn't like that one bit! Apollo's 2 & 3 were the tests of the new Command module in orbit. It was redesigned after Apollo 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS-201 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS-202 Apollo 1 was the tragic test bed for the early Apollo capsule. The 3 crew (RIP) died when a small electrical fire got out of control inside their screw sealed, 100% oxygen environment. This changed not only the way hatches were made (openable from both sides), but how modern electronics were insulated and such. Never again did NASA use 100% oxygen for tests or general space environment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
kimmy Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 All of this is incredible. I got chills up my spine and tears in my eyes watching "this great beast" carry the astronauts into the sky. -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
DogOnPorch Posted July 19, 2009 Author Report Posted July 19, 2009 All of this is incredible. I got chills up my spine and tears in my eyes watching "this great beast" carry the astronauts into the sky. -k Me too, kimmy. July 19th...the astronauts would be entering Lunar orbit and preparing for the trip down. Looking back @ Earth, this is what they saw. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Bonam Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 Can't wait til we're back there, with the new lunar program. Hopefully this time we'll be there to stay. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted July 19, 2009 Author Report Posted July 19, 2009 Can't wait til we're back there, with the new lunar program. Hopefully this time we'll be there to stay. The new system borrows heavily from Apollo, I guess. The Chinese will probably be doing stuff as well @ some point if their Long March doesn't bugger-up. It apparently still doesn't have a safe way to remove the hypergolic fuels in case of an abort...or countdown-delay for that matter. Whoa to the Chinese launch tech who says he can't find one of his screwdrivers... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Bonam Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 The new system borrows heavily from Apollo, I guess. Yep some from Apollo, some from the shuttle, and of course some new tech. First test of the new Ares I launch vehicle next month. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_I-X Quote
DogOnPorch Posted July 19, 2009 Author Report Posted July 19, 2009 Yep some from Apollo, some from the shuttle, and of course some new tech. First test of the new Ares I launch vehicle next month. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_I-X Yes indeedy. Some of the fellows over @ Orbiter have already made a superb looking Ares/Orion. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Bonam Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 Yeah I really gotta take a look at Orbiter one of these days, never enough time heh. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted July 19, 2009 Author Report Posted July 19, 2009 Yeah I really gotta take a look at Orbiter one of these days, never enough time heh. I hear you. Nice thing about Orbiter is that you can speed things up if so desired. No waiting three days to get to the Moon...unless that's what you want to do...realism...lol. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted July 19, 2009 Author Report Posted July 19, 2009 (edited) Edited July 19, 2009 by DogOnPorch Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2009 Author Report Posted July 20, 2009 July 20th, 1969... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2009 Author Report Posted July 20, 2009 Well...there goes the Moon Hoax theory. NASA releases photos of the Apollo landing sites taken by the new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/science-u...o-landing-sites Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Bonam Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 Well...there goes the Moon Hoax theory. NASA releases photos of the Apollo landing sites taken by the new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/science-u...o-landing-sites Wow those are some pretty amazing pictures. As for the moon hoax theory, that was already dead before anyone dreamed it up. Russians would have been all over it had the Americans not actually landed. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2009 Author Report Posted July 20, 2009 Wow those are some pretty amazing pictures. As for the moon hoax theory, that was already dead before anyone dreamed it up. Russians would have been all over it had the Americans not actually landed. Well I know that...but ask one of those crazy Moon Hoaxers and everything is doctored....including Russia. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted July 20, 2009 Author Report Posted July 20, 2009 Here's a classic. If you have Real Player you can listen...it's hilarious. There's also a transcript. Nardwuar vs Bill Kaysing: The Moon Hoax http://nardwuar.com/vs/bill_kaysing/index.html Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
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