July 20, 1969

[WebbPA]

At 4:17 pm (EDT) the first words were spoken by a human on an alien world -

"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

6 1/2 hours later, at 10:56 pm (EDT) Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on that alien world -

"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."

[expat]

At 4:17 pm (EDT) the first words were spoken by a human on an alien world -

"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

6 1/2 hours later, at 10:56 pm (EDT) Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on that alien world -

"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."

OK, how many conspiracy theories can we get out of this thread??

Matt

[gryshnak]

All our classes were cancelled, and everyone in school went to watch the live coverage of the moon landing in the library because they had a TV there (a black and white TV, of course, but then the transmission was b/w as well).  I was 8yo and was deeply impressed.  Scary to think that was 37 years ago, I feel old now.

Gryshnak

[WebbPA]

If by "conspiracy theory" you mean thousands of people working thousands of hours to coordinate one of the most extraordinary events in history, yeah, I'd like to see them.

I would hope gryshnak's school cancelled classes that day because it was a Sunday.  Landing was 4pm EDT, 10 pm (or so) in England.

[Brett_Henderson]

You know the conspiracies.. People who think the whole thing was staged and no man ever went to the moon..

There's no reasoning with them...

[RichieB16]

You know the conspiracies.. People who think the whole thing was staged and no man ever went to the moon..

There's no reasoning with them...

I just ignore them because they are morons.  

Basically, in about 1979 or so a movie came out called "Capricorn One" and it was about a faked manned Mars landing.  That film has inspired many of these "theories."

[WebbPA]

You know the conspiracies.. People who think the whole thing was staged and no man ever went to the moon..

There's no reasoning with them...

Yes, I know what he meant.

[H]

There are those who still believe the world is flat.
The question is, have we gone over the edge or have they?

8)

[Drake_TigerClaw]

This is one of the reasons I miss the competition with the Soviets, there was a good long time when crazy programs got funding so that the first object on the moon would have "Made in USA" instead of "CAeNAHO B CCCP"(Cerylics dont show up) Stamped on it somewhere. Or any number of other things. I'm sure NASA got a big cutback as a direct result of the end of the Cold War.

[denishc]

 Gawd......Has it really been almost 40 years?  I wonder, if ever, when we're gonna go back?

[gryshnak]

[quote]I would hope gryshnak's school cancelled classes that day because it was a Sunday.

[WebbPA]

That's why I remember it so distinctly being Sunday evening in Florida.  My apologies for doubting your power of recollection.

[gryshnak]

The real tragedy is that having touched the moon, we then let it go.  I saw a very good analogy on Discovery Channel once - one of the people they were interviewing about the Apollo missions said he was driving to work many years later when he noticed a small dog chasing his car up the road.  This dog was really trying hard, putting all his energy into catching the car.  So the guy stopped.  The dog caught up, sniffed the nearest wheel, marked his territory in the usual fashion and walked off, showing no further interest.  And this guy thought to himself, that's exactly what we did with the moon.  We put all our effort into catching it, gave it our best shot, and when we finally got there we pissed on it to claim it, then we just walked away.

Gryshnak

[RichieB16]

 Gawd......Has it really been almost 40 years?  I wonder, if ever, when we're gonna go back?

Well, just yesterday-the leaked "Project Orion" which is intended to be the name of a CEV lunar landing program.  Who knows if it will ever happen but apparently they are in the process of designing a new booster called "Ares I" ("Ares V" will be a Mars shot booster).  I would imagine if the program actually happens (who knows, these things tend to get cancelled), a landing will happen within the next 15 years or so.

[Hagar]

[quote]
I just ignore them because they are morons.