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Started by PopeyesPappy, July 20, 2015, 10:24:29 PM

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PopeyesPappy

in what was perhaps human kind's greatest achievement to that point in time Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon.
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kilodelta

Holy crap... almost 50 years...

By the way, have we investigated to be sure Vikings didn't get to the moon first? I'd hate to be disappointed like I was with Columbus.
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PopeyesPappy

Vikings? Probably not. Asgardians? If they felt like it...
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AllPurposeAtheist

It happened exactly 2 days before my 10th birthday  and I'm still pissed off at NASA for ruining my would be fanfuckingtastic 10th birthday party. .Fuckers.. They coulda waited just 2 days,  but NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Still all in all it was awesome and probably the longest I ever watched TV non-stop at least as a kid.
The cool part aside from them landing on the moon is Neil Armstrong is from Wapakonetta Ohio,  not to far from Dayton Ohio where I grew up at.
I think sometimes at just how lucky I am to have been alive then. Stepping foot on the moon and just a few short years before it was thought of as nothing more than fantasy.
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dtq123

Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on July 21, 2015, 12:07:16 AM
It happened exactly 2 days before my 10th birthday  and I'm still pissed off at NASA for ruining my would be fanfuckingtastic 10th birthday party. .Fuckers.. They coulda waited just 2 days,  but NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Still all in all it was awesome and probably the longest I ever watched TV non-stop at least as a kid.
The cool part aside from them landing on the moon is Neil Armstrong is from Wapakonetta Ohio,  not to far from Dayton Ohio where I grew up at.
I think sometimes at just how lucky I am to have been alive then. Stepping foot on the moon and just a few short years before it was thought of as nothing more than fantasy.
Two days huh? I'll try to find a video gift XD
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AllPurposeAtheist

Quote from: dtq123 on July 21, 2015, 12:25:17 AM
Two days huh? I'll try to find a video gift XD
I appreciate the thought, but I'm not a big video watcher. Example : Many people make video and take zillions of pictures of their kids and so forth,  but I remember just what my kids looked like so I only have a small amount of photos of them and zero video and yet I can still conjure up mental images of my kids and recall my favorite memories without video and photos. My memories of the moon landing are just as fresh in my mind as they were 30 years ago  and if they fail someday then oh well. .
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drunkenshoe

Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on July 21, 2015, 12:07:16 AM
It happened exactly 2 days before my 10th birthday  and I'm still pissed off at NASA for ruining my would be fanfuckingtastic 10th birthday party. .Fuckers.. They coulda waited just 2 days,  but NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Still all in all it was awesome and probably the longest I ever watched TV non-stop at least as a kid.
The cool part aside from them landing on the moon is Neil Armstrong is from Wapakonetta Ohio,  not to far from Dayton Ohio where I grew up at.
I think sometimes at just how lucky I am to have been alive then. Stepping foot on the moon and just a few short years before it was thought of as nothing more than fantasy.

:lol: Stop whining, I wasn't even born yet.
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Mermaid

Buzz Aldrin and I had the same first grade teacher, he was from my hometown. She was old by the time she got to me. He came to our classroom and showed us moon rocks and other moon stuff. I was too young to realize how COOL THAT WAS. Pretty sure he had another astronaut with him from the mission but I can't remember who.
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TomFoolery

My dad was about ten when the moon landing happened and told me the story about how my grandma made him come in from playing street hockey and watch it. At ten I probably wouldn't have seen the big deal either, but in hindsight, it's definitely one of those "where were you moments" I guess. But when you think about it, it really took the culmination of all human knowledge and invention to get us there. I watched an amazing American Genius on NatGeo about the modern space race and found myself wondering if we could have gone further if we had cooperated with the Soviets or if we got as far as we did as a human race because of our competition.
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aitm

Back when astronauts and scientist were our "heroes" soon replaced by athletes, movie stars and musicians...sign...where have all the flowers gone...long time pas...shit.
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drunkenshoe

Quote from: aitm on July 21, 2015, 10:52:54 AM
Back when astronauts and scientist were our "heroes" soon replaced by athletes, movie stars and musicians...sign...where have all the flowers gone...long time pas...shit.

May be the problem is about needing heroes, rather than who they are?
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Munch

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AllPurposeAtheist

Quote from: drunkenshoe on July 21, 2015, 03:20:51 AM
:lol: Stop whining, I wasn't even born yet.
Then you should be pissed they didn't wait another 20 years and change till YOUR 10th birthday. . :lol:
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Shiranu

Quote...athletes, movie stars and musicians...

You mean like Elvis, the Beatles, James Dean, Babe Ruth...?
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