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Post by eloneen on Jul 20, 2019 23:53:31 GMT
"The beauty of the Earth from way up high shines like a jewel on the velvet sky. One day, they'll remember..."50 years ago today, the first man walked on the moon, but it took the work of thousands of people over a period of years to realize that incredible feat, including contributions by a number of women who are not widely recognized, and at least one child, too! Check it out! www.theguardian.com/global/2019/jul/19/apollo-women-man-walk-on-the-moonwww.npr.org/2019/07/19/743076259/how-a-10-year-old-boy-helped-apollo-11-return-to-earthDo any of you remember that day? I was too young to remember it, but my older brother, who was a young adolescent at that time, recalls getting into some bit of minor trouble that day with my cousin, who is a couple of years older than him. My cousin's father (my uncle) was very upset with them, and lectured the two boys that night about their misbehavior for what seemed like forever, he said, talking on and on about humanity's great accomplishment in landing on the moon, and contrasting that with their irresponsible antics that day. Tired of my uncle's endless scolding, and wanting to watch the ongoing TV coverage of the lunar landing, my brother recalls telling our cousin "It would be better if he just beat us, don't you think?" lol They eventually did get to watch TV, and there was no beating, but some funny memories of that day.
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Post by Horacewimp on Jul 21, 2019 8:21:20 GMT
I was also too young to remember it in the day but what a remarkable achievement. I’ve always been interested in space travel and followed many of the shuttle missions. I’ve visited Kennedy Space Centre twice and bored the family by going around at a snails pace looking at everything. The moon landing programs have been on the TV non stop this week the best I thought was this one on the BBC, 8 days to the moon and back. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006p5f
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Post by eloneen on Jul 22, 2019 0:46:49 GMT
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Post by queenofthehours on Jul 26, 2019 17:30:28 GMT
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