July 20, 1969 - The First Manned Moon Landing

[RichieB16]

I'm surprised that this hasn't been posted yet...so I'll do the honors.

[BigTruck]

That one photo would be good enough for me as far as personal memories, but man I would be pissed if I got all the way to the moon and no one got any shots of me, I imagine they had plenty of other things on their mind up there though haha, wow what an experience that had to be

[H]

Nice clear px; no atmospheric distortions, the flag unfurled in the breeze... :-?
unfurled in the breeze!!
Well, it was a long flight... did they use duct tape to seal up the seat of Buzz's suit?

[Apex]

Thanks for the reminder.  There was a brief mention of this on the news the other day.  I guess there'll be more attention to that rather enormous event next year at the 40 mark.   Interesting timing at the blast off, it was exactly at the start of a final exam at U of Miami, the prof turned on the radio and we all heard the go.  Well, those were the days.  Some of them, anyway.  

[RichieB16]

That one photo would be good enough for me as far as personal memories, but man I would be pissed if I got all the way to the moon and no one got any shots of me, I imagine they had plenty of other things on their mind up there though haha, wow what an experience that had to be

Yeah, there is actually a lot of controversy over the lack of Armstrong photos.  Some believe that Aldrin, who did appear quite bitter over not being the first man to step on the surface, did it intentionally.  I personally don't believe that but some do.  I hope that he was just so busy (and Armstrong did have the camera more than Aldrin) that he just didn't think of it during the 2.5 hours they were out there.

But, my statement about the "only" photo isn't quite true.  There are a couple others where part of Neil's backpack...or an arm is visible in the corner or something like that.  But, the only other photo of Neil that was taken while they were walking on the surface was this one...which was terribly underexposed.  Had it turned out, it would have been a very nice image.  It was years until someone noticed that Armstrong was even in the photo.  Apollo historian and author Andrew Chaikin noticed him in the photo several decades after it was actually taken.  Armstrong is in the lower left hand corner of the image (easiest to spot thanks to his gold visor).

[Brando14100]

Isn't there a picture of Neil Armstrong saluting the flag? By the way, that isn't the flag unfurled by the breeze. There was a pole that went across the top of the flag to hold it up, as well as the big pole.

Edit: Yep here it is. You can see that pole I was talking about:



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[Dr.bob7]

my question is why would the government launch a multi millon dollar rocket into space make all that fake footage and drop a module from the upper atmosphere into the ocean with poeple in it when thye could just go to the moon =\

anyways there beautiful pics

[Fozzer]

my question is why would the government launch a multi millon dollar rocket into space make all that fake footage and drop a module from the upper atmosphere into the ocean with poeple in it when thy could just go to the moon =\

anyways there beautiful pics

...'cos it was much cheaper to film it in the Nevada Desert....

..after all, Nevada isn't very far from Hollywood...and it always looks very "Moonish" at night... ...!

Paul.... ... ... ...!

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[Brando14100]

my question is why would the government launch a multi millon dollar rocket into space make all that fake footage and drop a module from the upper atmosphere into the ocean with poeple in it when thy could just go to the moon =\

anyways there beautiful pics

...'cos it was much cheaper to film it in the Nevada Desert....

..after all, Nevada isn't very far from Hollywood...and it always looks very "Moonish" at night... ...!

Paul.... ... ... ...!

..... .....!

Are you implying that they didn't land on Luna?

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[Fozzer]

Are you implying that they didn't land on Luna?

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...the other side of the Flag says:

"Welcome to Nevada. Please drive carefully"

Paul... ... ... ...!

[Brando14100]

Are you implying that they didn't land on Luna?

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...the other side of the Flag says:

"Welcome to Nevada. Please drive carefully"

Paul... ... ... ...!

In the 2 pictures in this thread that include flags, you get to see both sides. Neither of which say Welcome to Nevada.

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[Fozzer]

Are you implying that they didn't land on Luna?

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...the other side of the Flag says:

"Welcome to Nevada. Please drive carefully"

Paul... ... ... ...!

In the 2 pictures in this thread that include flags, you get to see both sides. Neither of which say Welcome to Nevada.

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...obviously the wind has blown it round to face the other way... ...!

...one of those Nevada dust storms?... ...!

Paul... ... ... ...!

[Brando14100]

Are you implying that they didn't land on Luna?

8-)

...the other side of the Flag says:

"Welcome to Nevada. Please drive carefully"

Paul... ... ... ...!

In the 2 pictures in this thread that include flags, you get to see both sides. Neither of which say Welcome to Nevada.

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...obviously the wind has blown it round to face the other way... ...!

...one of those Nevada dust storms?... ...!

Paul... ... ... ...!

Oh come on you- You know we could argue about this all day and nothing would change. Just give one good solid reason why the landings were faked.

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[Alejandro Rhodes]

YES Darrnm it ! ,the man went to the moon ,is easy ,READ STUDY PHISICS and see ,stop screwing this great moment in history ,WOULD BE MORE EXPENCIVE TO MAKE SUCH OF A BIG LIE AND KEEP IT TO THE MAN KIND, I really hate everytime I see things like this , Is like the Other tale No It wasn't a plane to hit the pentagon was a missile why you have to make thing so complicated?

JeZZ!

I aint American ,But Only God knows how much I admire and luv that country for things like this ,I mean for the landing on the moon in 1969, I was 5 years old ,and my whole family gather in front of the TV and saw it ,I remember it very clear ,in my southamerican country ...

aaaand for to be the reason why the 2nd world war finish and why we all aren't japanesse or German ...nessee

[Hagar]

Keep your hair on Alex.

We've discussed this subject on this forum many times before. History records that Man walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969. To be honest it doesn't really matter now whether it was faked or not. The important thing is that the object of the exercise was achieved. You have to appreciate the political situation of the time to understand the implications of failure.