VAdoublegunner
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Wow, it's hard to believe that it's been 40 years since Man first set foot on the Moon....
YouTube - Apollo 11 restored footage: montage
YouTube - Apollo 11 restored footage: montage
Apollo 11 - 40 Years from the Moon
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jframe
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My Grand dad died eight years after it happened, never believing that it DID happen.
Bob R
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No, what's hard to believe is the lack of manned exploration since we landed on the moon. I, for one, think it is disgraceful that after the moon, manned exploration essentially came to a stand still.
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morsecode
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Well, Bob...don't you remember we used up all the money eradicating poverty, disease, and war, and what-not.
We coulda built condos on Mars for everybody here with the bailout cash.
We coulda built condos on Mars for everybody here with the bailout cash.
USAF385
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NASA recently released a photo of part of the lander that was taken by a recent fly by of some imaging device. Of course it's small and hard to see what it is, but I don't doubt they made it to the moon.
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30 years ago I was a driver for a limousine company, I drove Neal Armstrong to Philadelphia Airport. Not very personable, didn't say a word to me.
Too many people saw the Space Race as just that-a race. We beat the Soviets to the Moon, we won. That was that.
Too many people saw the Space Race as just that-a race. We beat the Soviets to the Moon, we won. That was that.
sipowicz
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I met him at a party once and asked him how he made it to the moon if there is no air in space...he said he held his breath the entire time...so now I'm not so sure he actually went.
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You've got to be kidding!
Movie? Maybe you should meet Buzz Aldrin and tell him personally.
Well, it DID happen. Conspiracy theories............. No use for 'em.
Movie? Maybe you should meet Buzz Aldrin and tell him personally.
Well, it DID happen. Conspiracy theories............. No use for 'em.
The Discovery Channel "Mythbusters" did a pretty good job of debunking the myth of the faked moon landing. If you ever catch it, it was a good episode. Neil Armstrong has never exploited the experience for personal gain - he could have made millions in personal appearances and such. There is an article in todays Washington Post about Armstrong and how, even 40 years later, he is a reluctant celebrity. Even though that is his personal decision, the experience is larger than just him in light of its historical significance. He must have forgotten: "A giant leap for mankind". Come on Neil, tell us about it, we will never go there. Mankind wants to know about the experience. Were you packing any heat?
sipowicz
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Buzz Aldrin is a bit too full of himself not to have actually landed on the moon...
I was 13 and on a family camping vacation. We were at Kitty Hawk Nat'l Monument when Armstrong stepped out and onto the surface. The Park Service set up TV's so we all could watch. It was surreal. being where manned flight began only 66 years earlier and watching men on the moon. I'll never forget that.....
Oh, and i was packing a Mattel M-16....
Oh, and i was packing a Mattel M-16....
cass
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I still remember sitting on the floor of our living room watching it on a RCA black and white TV with rabbit ears.
what's sad is they left their Hassleblad cameras on the surface. Man, what I'd give for one of those!
what's sad is they left their Hassleblad cameras on the surface. Man, what I'd give for one of those!
Bullseye Smith
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They went, still have the news paper clips from it. They want a space station, so build it on the moon.
maybe since then but not in the 60's. and maybe he doesnt want the fame and fortune cause he knows he doesnt deserve it, just saying, he cant elaborate on stuff if he wasnt there. cant face that many people and lie to them like that. just a thought as to why he might be that way, mad at himself for going through with it.
well lets get crazy and say mythbusters was payed off and in on the whole thing, in a last ditch effort to convince the skeptics (nasa emplyees, etc). personally i have no clue i could go either way on the subject.
sooo you were there?
gr8AmericanBash
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Well of course Mythbusters "confirmed" the landing was real.
Do you actually think they would come out and say it was a hoax.
Besides, who did Mythbusters go to for all their information for their show. That's right, NASA.
Do you think they would offer up any info to disprove the landing? Nope.
Vulcan Bob
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I was fifteen at the time and was just enthralled with the whole thing. Now as for the people thinking the moon landing was a hoax, do they have any idea how many people it took to pull off the moon landing? If you have more than one person envolved you cannot keep a secret!
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That Mythbuster episode was on last night. I shoulda checked the Discovery website when I posted yesterday, it would have been easy enough. Whatever your perspective, it was entertaining - that's why it is on. Considering that my Ipod has more computing power than the lunar module did in 1969 it is a wonder - considering current technology - that we made it in '69. I was twelve in 1969 and was glued to the TV. I still have the newspapers of that first landing. Special effects labs today could produce an entire faked landing anywhere right from a computer. But, like the feeble computing power of the LEM in 1969, we did not have that special effects technology in '69 either. In those days, making a phony landing probably would have cost what the real one did or more, and they still had to launch a Saturn 5 and recover a splashed down Apollo capsule to make it look "real". Not to mention the thousands of people you'd have to pay off or kill to keep quiet about the fakery. What's the point? Just go there for real, it is easier.
That Mythbuster episode was on last night. I shoulda checked the Discovery website when I posted yesterday, it would have been easy enough. Whatever your perspective, it was entertaining - that's why it is on. Considering that my Ipod has more computing power than the lunar module did in 1969 it is a wonder - considering current technology - that we made it in '69. I was twelve in 1969 and was glued to the TV. I still have the newspapers of that first landing. Special effects labs today could produce an entire faked landing anywhere right from a computer. But, like the feeble computing power of the LEM in 1969, we did not have that special effects technology in '69 either. In those days, making a phony landing probably would have cost what the real one did or more, and they still had to launch a Saturn 5 and recover a splashed down Apollo capsule to make it look "real". Not to mention the thousands of people you'd have to pay off or kill to keep quiet about the fakery. What's the point? Just go there for real, it is easier.
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