Apollo 11 made the first manned Moon landing today in 1969.
I watched it live.
I'll never forget it.
Why can't the USA do things like this today? Where are our next generation (I figure we're at least 3 'generations' behind by now) of Engineers and scientists going to come from?
Admiral Yamamoto infamously said "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a man with a rifle behind every blade of grass."
And so it should be, a nation of riflemen....
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I too shall never forget it...how time flies.
ReplyDeleteI watched it in a small cafe in St. James, Missouri. Very exciting then, and so disappointing now.
ReplyDeleteI also remember watching it. Worked for Col.Borman at EAL (actually briefed him a couple of times). Also met Mr. Dan Golden when he was at TRW and gave him a briefing when he was administrator, when I was with FedEx.
ReplyDeleteNASA turned into a PR machine in the 90's. Some good people but overall it was sad given what it once was.
Terry
Fla.
Watched it live sitting in a bar in Rome... Something like 0300 in the morning. Walking back to the pensione, EVERY TV we saw was on and pointed into the street and people were everywhere!!!
ReplyDeleteI remember my parents telling me to come watch but we were out playing and as kids do, took our time coming in and missed it.
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