OT: Apollo 11 40th Aniversary

[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.

[Marc]

LOL!! Double my congatulations!
Moon can be indeed a very inspiring thing...

" That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for the future Kato"

[kato13]

I was also born the day (at least in my timezone) Apollo 13 had it's explosion.

[Cdnwolf]

I am one of those who still insist the landing was faked...lol. And one of my Vampire Characters was conceived on the night of the Sputnik flight across North America... "but honey... the world might end and you don't want to die a virgin do you?"

(POST 100 for me... )

[Targan]

The Australian media have been making much of the fact that the only location in the world receiving the TV and data feed from Apollo 11 at the time of the moon landing was the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station here in Australia. So us Aussies played our own little part in bringing the vision to the world!

Anyone here seen the Australian film The Dish? Its pretty funny and is about the same thing.

Originally Posted by Cdnwolf

I am one of those who still insist the landing was faked...lol.

Seriously? Hopefully you wouldn't be one of those sorts of people who would tell Buzz Aldrin to his face that he is a liar and a coward and get punched in the head by Buzz for his troubles?

[Legbreaker]

He deserved it!

[pmulcahy11b]

I was 7 when Apollo 11 landed, and it was the first time I was allowed to stay up past my bedtime. I tried really hard to stay up the whole 23 hours, but couldn't manage it -- I finally fell asleep about 3 AM.

[rabbakahn]

Wow, I too was a mere 7 years of age. It seemed like a magical time watching that on tv. Unfortunately, my memories are not so clear to remember all of the details.

[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