July 16, 1969

[Todd Wilson]

40 years ago today!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGNryrsT7OI



Todd

[BrianShaughnessy]

I was 8.   
We stayed up as late as possible watching Apollo liftoffs and the moon missions.   
It was great.

And pretty shortly... some idiot will post how the missions were all faked 

[moparnole]

That video gives me an idea as to what I want to power my Charger eventually

[Khyron]

I was't even an Itch in my daddys pants

[73chgrSE]

Still amazing after all these years.

[Chad L. Magee]

I personally know one of the scientists that was allowed to analyze moon dust and rock samples for NASA that they brought back from the various moon missions.  He told me that very few people got the chance to "touch the moon" back in the day.....

[dkn1997]

I was in my mom's belly...born November of 69

[Brock Samson]

 I was 12, 'n while watching the tube (mostly NBC T.V. for the three days the coverage was on),.. i was building a 1/16 scale MPC ZL-1 Corvette,.. B.F.G. Stars and Stripes Corvette. Radials were pretty new back then and just comming on the market. That car and the moon landing will forever be linked in my soul. 
    That model won some contests back then though i no clue now as to where it ended up... 

[Todd Wilson]

I was't even an Itch in my daddys pants

I always have said if you can remember the moon landing you are old! HAHA!   



Todd

[Daytona R/T SE]

I was six.

I remember it like it was yesterday.



Todd, If I lived as close as you do to the Cosmosphere, they would NEVER get me out of there

[Daytona R/T SE]

Y'all DO realize that the Saturn V rocket is a product of the Chrysler Corporation, don't you?  

[Todd Wilson]

I was six.

I remember it like it was yesterday.



Todd, If I lived as close as you do to the Cosmosphere, they would NEVER get me out of there

HAHA!  Yeah  but it gets old after a while. It is about time to go check it out again.  In the winter when the tree's lose their leaves I can see the rockets!


Todd

[Daytona R/T SE]

I was six.

I remember it like it was yesterday.



Todd, If I lived as close as you do to the Cosmosphere, they would NEVER get me out of there

HAHA!  Yeah  but it gets old after a while. It is about time to go check it out again.  In the winter when the tree's lose their leaves I can see the rockets!


Todd

I only got to spend an afternoon there, we did it and the salt mine in one day.

NOT enough time.

Next time, I'm spending a week at the Cosmosphere.

Might have to leave the ol' lady home for that one.

CiCi's pizza was awesome,too...

[chargergirl]

I personally know one of the scientists that was allowed to analyze moon dust and rock samples for NASA that they brought back from the various moon missions.  He told me that very few people got the chance to "touch the moon" back in the day.....

That's amazing! It was a big deal in my house. We made popcorn, sat in front of the TV, glued to every second. And yeah I'm ancient!

[LeadfootBob]

The part that saddens me, truly saddens me, is that it's been 37 years since we landed humans on another celestial body.
Maybe I just read too much science fiction, but where's the lunar colony, the asteroid mining stations, the unified space research effort? Compared to annual global defense budgets, the amount doled out to research needed for mankind to leave this planet and spread (something I'd say will become a requirement if we're to survive as a race at this rate) is ridiculous... 

[Todd Wilson]

I only got to spend an afternoon there, we did it and the salt mine in one day.

NOT enough time.

Next time, I'm spending a week at the Cosmosphere.

Might have to leave the ol' lady home for that one.

CiCi's pizza was awesome,too...

Never did eat there. I dont think its open any more.


Todd

[Rigs]

 

[jb666]

Wow!! A few months from that date my father said "OOOOOOOOOOOOOPS!!!!!!!!!!"

[NHCharger]

I remember watching that. Hard to believe that the computers we are using to type these posts are 5 times more powerful than the ones used aboard Eagle 1.

[Mike DC]

  
As to the fake landing issue -



Just reconcile yourself to the idea that NASA probably staged some of those gorgeous clear publicity photos of the moon landing.  Possibly even some video footage too.  If you buy into this one relatively plausible idea, it already explains the majority of all the conspiracy arguing points.  


It was a complex mission from a complex era.  It wouldn't surprise me if the official story has been somewhat "polished" in places, but that doesn't mean it was all faked.

[Ponch ®]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f_DPrSEOEo

[PocketThunder]

 
As to the fake landing issue -



Just reconcile yourself to the idea that NASA probably staged some of those gorgeous clear publicity photos of the moon landing.  Possibly even some video footage too.  If you buy into this one relatively plausible idea, it already explains the majority of all the conspiracy arguing points.  


It was a complex mission from a complex era.  It wouldn't surprise me if the official story has been somewhat "polished" in places, but that doesn't mean it was all faked.

On their argument about the flag.  Maybe there wasnt enough gravity to pull the lightweight flag so that it hangs down..?  possible?  i dont know, just thinking out loud.

[Tilar]

I was't even an Itch in my daddys pants

I always have said if you can remember the moon landing you are old! HAHA!    



Todd

  I resemble that remark.     I was 12 at the time.  

[moparstuart]

I was't even an Itch in my daddys pants

I always have said if you can remember the moon landing you are old! HAHA!    



Todd

  I resemble that remark.     I was 12 at the time.  

IWAS one  LOL

[mauve66]

Russia was making better progress than we were for awhile there and if they had gotten to the moon first it would of come out that they were "better/stronger" than the US and we couldn't have that. as soon as we "said we had done it, they stopped trying to go

another thing is that several photos of different areas of the moon have EXACTLY the same background as other photos from different trips

i don't believe everything i'm told on the tv or in the paper but if its told on a MOPAR forum then it must be gospel

[Mike DC]

 
I think arguing that the moon landing was fake sort of misunderstands that time in general.



Of course there were good reasons to wanna fake that incident - in retrospect.  We look back NOW and realize that the entire moon project held little military significance and didn't even lead to commercial activity in space.   

But in the 1960s they didn't know that.  They looked at the moon like a strategic location in the cold war.  They didn't want to FAKE going to the moon to impress the public, they genuinely wanted to go to the moon and they struggled to convince the public it was worth the effort.   



And besides:  If we really faked the moon mission, and then if Russia actually went there a couple years later, and caught us in the lie . . .  it doesn't get much more embarrassing and prestige-wrecking that that.

[Ghoste]

I saw a Mythbusters episode last night that debunked a lot of the conspiracy theorists evidence including the flag one (it only moves like that when the astronauts are pushing it into the lunar surface and as it turns out, a flag in a vacuum has no wind resistance to make it go still quickly-it will "flap" for a long time after jiggling the pole).  I have always believed they went. 

[Troy]

All of the conspiracy theories have been debunked. It only takes a minute to research - but that's about 58 seconds longer than the average American's attention span.

Troy

[Old Moparz]

All of the conspiracy theories have been debunked. It only takes a minute to research - but that's about 58 seconds longer than the average American's attention span.

Troy

LOL....


As for the moon landing, I have to agree with some of the others & say it was real. The hype around the space race going on during that time period was incredible, & there was way too much riding on being caught faking it. The USA & the USSR were almost ready to annihilate each other with nukes over who's dick was the biggest. You could only imagine who'd win the propaganda war if one country was caught using Star Trek models & action figures instead of the real deal. I know governments are capable of deceiving & secretly conspiring with other countries, but space exploration was so big, with so many people involved even at a civilian level, I seriously doubt it didn't happen or we'd have heard some people who held significant positions come forward a long time ago.

As much as I loved the outer space segment of science, I've always been uneasy over what NASA actually spends. I'd be willing to bet that there is a lot more spent, but it's just funneled through different agencies & pet pork projects. Instead of using the funding for what seems like a waste of money, part of me would like to see it spent it in places where it would benefit others like better school programs, health, etc. I was a kid during the 60's & remember how exciting the space race was, or anything related to it. The teacher had a TV brought into our class so we could watch it. I play favoritism towards seeing NASA get funding & keeping the space program going. There is a lot of modern technology that's well advanced directly because of the space program. Unfortunately there is also a negative side to all the info available, like what North Korea might do with it for example.

It is important though, without all this technology, think about how many lost souls there'd be right now if satellite technology didn't exist. All those people who couldn't send a text message to a friend about what they're doing just 4 minutes after they saw them in person.   

[Khyron]

I know it may sound stupid, but with all the minder tech and high definition digital telescopes, cant anyone just point to the landing site and see the junk we left behind?


seriously, we can take a great picture of the mars landscape, but cant take a picture of something only 221,560 miles at it's closest point?

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html

common now, really.

[Khyron]

whos got a good telescope?

[moparstuart]

even at age 72 in 2003  buzz is a bad ass

    I would have kick the dudes ass for calling me a coward also 


  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6aHSY8hU

[Todd Wilson]

I watched Myth Busters last night and then right after was the Discovery show on the Apollo Projects leading up to the moon landing. Looked back on it, it was an amazing feat with the technology of the time. I got more computer power in my little room here then they probably had at mission control.  What balls those guys had to have. Just launching into space is a big deal but to fly to the moon and come back. To test the Eagle up there by getting into it and coming apart from the Command Module and then go out 50 miles and come back and hook up. Never before been done other then in simulations.  Then to fly eagle down by the moon but not land and then finally go for it with Apoolo 11. Armstrong and Buzz truely have the biggest balls of us all! Heck I get nervous about breaking down on the highway 200 miles from home sometimes! HEHE!


Todd

[Rigs]

NASA.........

NEVER
ACTUALLY
SENT
ASTRONAUTS