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41 years ago tonight

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On a warm July night in 1969 I was sitting in front of a tv with millions of other humans watching 2 Americans landing on the moon.

Moon Landing

I am old enough now that I do not think I will see another human being walk on another planet, let alone the moon and that saddens me.[:/]

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Apollo entrenched my ambitions to be a jumper and a pilot, it has been wonderful............ sadly, Nasa's future looks not too good, to say the least. Something unimagineable 41 years ago tonight. Cheers to the many people who devoted much of their lives to the Apollo program, and other programs.
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My dad ran a cable TV company and one of his fondest memories was seeing the moon landing broadcast over his service.



We were watching CBS because my stepfather, who was a cameraman for CBS News was working at the mockup of the moon lander.:)

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[We were watching CBS because my stepfather, who was a cameraman for CBS News was working at the mockup of the moon lander.:)

Oh, that was where they faked the moon landings, right?:)
:D:D


I remember spending over a week, glued to the tv, watching every moment of coverage. What an adventure.B|

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[We were watching CBS because my stepfather, who was a cameraman for CBS News was working at the mockup of the moon lander.:)

Oh, that was where they faked the moon landings, right?:)
:D:D


I remember spending over a week, glued to the tv, watching every moment of coverage. What an adventure.B|


Yup that was it.... Mom has pictures from it... they took pictures of each other walking on the set:ph34r::ph34r:

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ok, this is a clip of a political speaker. but, its about going to the moon, the speech is motivating, and they just dont write them like this anymore. and no, i am not a democrat, i just like the message..."we choose to do these things because they are hard" :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25G1M4EXrQ



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I was just over a month shy of hitting my 2nd birthday. My dad has slides somewhere in the house from pictures he took of the black and white TV showing the moon landing and the two astronauts hopping across the moonscape. :D

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