The Eagle landed 50 years ago: Apollo 11 anniversary thread

[a_chap]

 

[Epona]

One thing that watching all the footage really highlights is just how *dry* coverage of things like this was then (I am not necessarily saying that this is a bad thing, however). These days you'd have some computer generated mockup with a rolling hourly update on what was happening right now and going through details about the mission, and interviews with big names in science and various celebrities.

 

[wiskey]

I've watched this today. It's really good and has given me a lot more context around the whole thing. I had a tear in my eye quite often - it's incredibly moving and inspiring,

The one (?4) about Apollo 8 had me glued to the screen thinking 'wow'.

I'm too young to have experienced the moon landing live and the only thing I have that is vaguely comparable is all of us crammed into the living room that Felix Baumgartner jump out of a rocket and fall back to Earth, but the tension and excitement must have been immense in the 60s.

 

[a_chap]

Rest in peace and God speed Christopher Columbus Kraft.

Chris Kraft

 

[editor]

This happened



Back from the Moon, Apollo Astronauts Had to Go Through Customs

 

[a_chap]

They had a similar form for their "per diem" expenses claim. ("Starting point: FLorida, Travel to Pacific Ocean via The Moon" or somesuch)

Sadly all my books are in storage else I'd have posted a copy of it here.

 

[2hats]

 

[a_chap]

See? I told you.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

This happened

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Back from the Moon, Apollo Astronauts Had to Go Through Customs

Neil Armstong has a very confident and flourishy (is that even a word?!) signature.

 

[Maggot]

Listening to this. Which is about Jodrell Bank's part in the space race. Fascinating stuff from Tim O'brien, and Eno soundtrack.

Tracking the Space Race - BBC Sounds

The most amazing thing I learnt, was there was an unmanned Russian craft sent to the Moon at the same time. It crash landed on the Moon whilst Armstrong and co were on the surface.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Listening to this. Which is about Jodrell Bank's part in the space race. Fascinating stuff from Tim O'brien, and Eno soundtrack.

Tracking the Space Race - BBC Sounds

The most amazing thing I learnt, was there was an unmanned Russian craft sent to the Moon at the same time. It crash landed on the Moon whilst Armstrong and co were on the surface.

Yes I didn't know about that until I watched the Chasing the Moon docs.

 

[A380]

54 years ago today since the launch of Apollo 11.

 

[krtek a houby]

Supposedly

 

[A380]

Supposedly

Yeah everyone knows NASA faked the film. But to get the low gravity effects they faked it on Mars…

 

[gosub]

Supposedly

Not that old conspiracy again about an all powerful NASA messing with the calender

 

[WouldBe]

That's a shit mileage rate.

 

[krtek a houby]

Yeah everyone knows NASA faked the film. But to get the low gravity effects they faked it on Mars…

One thing about the photo can't deny; it proves the Earth is round, as you can clearly see the curvature.

 

[WouldBe]

One thing about the photo can't deny; it proves the Earth is round, as you can clearly see the curvature.

Round doesn't mean spherical.

 

[krtek a houby]

Round doesn't mean spherical.

It can be pint-shaped

 

[platinumsage]