OT: Apollo 11 40th Aniversary

[Nowhere Man 1966]

Originally Posted by kato13

This might be TMI (too much information) but I was conceived on the night of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It therefore holds a doubly special place in my heart.

I turned three years old a few weeks prior to the Moon Landing. My parents had the chance to be able to be at the launch for our vacation that year but we turned it down. Bummer, I could have been there when history was made. My uncle worked for NASA.

At work, you should hear the lively debates we get into about the Moon Landing where a few of my co-workers thought it was faked and 1969 technology could not do that.

I do have the Grundig G6 Aviator shortwave radio, Buzz Aldrin edition.

Chuck