45th Anniversary Apollo 11 Moon Landing

[MarauderCyclone]

Do you remember where you were on July 20th 1969 when Neil Armstrong made the historic step off the ladder of the Lunar Module ( Eagle) and said " That's One Small Step for man ( a Man ) and One Giant Leap for Mankind ?

I was 8 years old , the day Apollo 11 blasted off for the Moon I was in Southern California , my father and mother had decided to leave their lucrative jobs in the Aerospace Community there and return to the Southeast ( North Carolina ) The TV was the last item packed up so we could watch the blast off of Apollo 11 before we started the cross country trek to North Carolina.

We followed the mission by radio in the car and truck which my parents were driving , Our 2000 mile trip went almost as long as the 240,000 mile trip that Neil Armstrong , Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin and Michael Collins were undertaking.

We got to my Grandmothers house in Southern Pines North Carolina late the night of July 19th , this was just about the time that the Apollo 11 Crew were in Orbit around the Moon with the Command Module ( Columbia) and the Lunar Module ( Eagle ) still docked together.

I remember well how the older folks in the room reacted when the two vehicles seperated in orbit to begin the slow ride ( time wise ) to the lunar surface for the first time. Many wondered if they could in fact land on the moon without problems , what if something went wrong and they couldn't leave the moons surface? Can you Imagine Mike Collins coming back to earth alone , had something gone wrong?

I was young , but I remember the day well. I recall the sense of pride I had in my Country. I remember how Apollo 11 took the war in Vietnam off the TV News for awhile , how it made the issues of 1968 seem a little more distant for a bit.

Somehow this miracle and engineering marvel made the world seem like a better and safer place to live. I can only hope to imagine what it would be like to look back on this world of ours as 12 very brave Americans have between 1969 and 1972 from another celestial body in space.

We here all have many common bonds , Love of our cars , obviously an appreciation of technology and it's endless advancements. I hope we also share a great respect for history and those whom have challenged the depths of the oceans and the abyss of space in hopes of keeping technology advancing for the betterment of our day to day lives , the connections between these out of this world undertakings is exactly what made the cars we drive and the computers we enjoy possible today.

RIP Neil Armstrong
Thank You Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins

[jaywish]

I remember. I was 11. Our TV was black and white and the video feed was too. I was excited and watched the major events including the landing and first step. Pretty much everybody in the country did. At home with their family. IIRC it was late at night which being so young added to the sense of adventure and importance.

In my family I think my father thought this was the second greatest thing he had ever seen on television. The first being the Pope's visit to America. I can't remember which happened first.

This is one of the great moments of mankind just as Mr. Armstrong indicated.

On a sad note it also seems sad that our grand achievements in this area stopped right about then. Even our records for fasted plane and highest flying plane date to 67 & 68. The boundaries for manned exploration have not moved in over 45 years.

[guspech750]

I was in my dad and mom.
I do not remember.


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[Bigdogjim]

Just got out of High School in June of that year. Working for 7/11 then:)

[jerrym3]

I was 22.

Watched it on TV at my future wife and in-law's house.

[Zack]

I don't believe for a second they landed on the moon

[Bigdogjim]

^^^^ Yes they did I watched it on TV........:lol:

[whitey]

Remember that teacher on the challanger? I think she taught english....well anyways, now shes history.:D
Did you know that nasa drank sprite, because they couldn't get 7-up?

[Donald]

Really????


Remember that teacher on the challanger? I think she taught english....well anyways, now shes history.:D
Did you know that nasa drank sprite, because they couldn't get 7-up?

[Bigdogjim]

Remember that teacher on the challanger? I think she taught english....well anyways, now shes history.:D
Did you know that nasa drank sprite, because they couldn't get 7-up?
That teachers name was Christa McAuliffe! She was 37. was an American teacher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teacher) from Concord, New Hampshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire), and was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disas ter).

[Zack]

I dare anyone to spend the 60 minutes to watch this video:

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Just as recent as a few years ago a NASA employee slipped up during an interview and admitted we still do not have the technology to keep a man alive further out than our own orbit.

[Marauderjack]

I don't believe for a second they landed on the moon

^^^Agree!!^^^:beer:

We don't have the capabilty today much less way back then.....HOAX!!:mad2:

[sailsmen]

And this whole internet thing is a dream, so is the Marauder, we are all in the Matrix which does not exist so we don't exist either.

I picked up Mr. Duke from the airport and drove him to an observatory where he made a presentation.

My father was a personal friend of Mr. Lovell and I dined with him a number of times at my father's house.

My father was also an acquaintance of many of the Navy Apollo Astronauts.

[Zack]

And this whole internet thing is a dream, so is the Marauder, we are all in the Matrix which does not exist so we don't exist either.

I picked up Mr. Duke from the airport and drove him to an observatory where he made a presentation.

My father was a personal friend of Mr. Lovell and I dined with him a number of times at my father's house.

My father was also an acquaintance of many of the Navy Apollo Astronauts.

what's your point? If you expose the truth, the government kills you dead, along with your family.

[sailsmen]

My point is I have knowledge, that I gained on a personal basis, that proves to me the Apollo Program accomplished what it said it accomplished.

IF you can believe in this internet thing you can believe in what the Apollo Program accomplished.

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

I dare anyone to spend the 60 minutes to watch this video:

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Just as recent as a few years ago a NASA employee slipped up during an interview and admitted we still do not have the technology to keep a man alive further out than our own orbit.

There's a reason why no one has been out farther than our orbit ever since. I don't believe they could have gone to the moon and came back without a hitch using the processing power of a modern day basic calculator.

But of course, bring this up along with the unanswered questions of 9/11 and you're automatically labeled a conspiracy theorist nut by the brainwashed masses.

[sailsmen]

There's a reason why no one has been out farther than our orbit ever since. I don't believe they could have gone to the moon and came back without a hitch using the processing power of a modern day basic calculator.

But of course, bring this up along with the unanswered questions of 9/11 and you're automatically labeled a conspiracy theorist nut by the brainwashed masses.

And how did the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Mayans, Aztecs, etc. accomplish all that they did without electricity?

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

And how did the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Mayans, Aztecs, etc. accomplish all that they did without electricity?

Very good question. Please watch this video I found which has some good info regarding coral castle. A modern day (early 1900s) type of large rock moving undertaking by a single 5'5" 100lb man in Southern Florida.

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[sailsmen]

Thank you for validating my point! If there is a will there is a way.

I was involved in an event caused by a major hurricane that became a subject of conspiracies. There were a lot of facts in theses conspiracies, a lot of missing facts and conclusions that were false to the point of hilarity. Yet to those who believed in the conspiracies it was very serious. They were just lacking some facts to see the truth.

It gave me a perspective on conspiracies that I previously did not have.

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

Well of course there's going to be phony conspiracy theories out there, doesn't mean you can discredit all of them altogether.

It's amazing how folks go through life without questioning the validity of things especially if fed to them by the government. If everyone can be brainwashed into religion, they can fake a landing on the moon. Again when there is a will there is a way.

[sailsmen]

We landed on the Moon. In some cases it's easier to believe the conspiracy then to comprehend the event.

[Marauderjack]

Read this Billy.....you may just change your mind.....IF you are the least bit "Open Minded"!!;)

http://realitysandwich.com/23226/kubrick_apollo/

[cat in the hat]

Wow - I'd heard that there were people who don't believe we landed a man on the moon before, but I never really thought that there were many of them.

[Ms. Denmark]

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[guspech750]

I dare anyone to spend the 60 minutes to watch this video:

a2g-qvloXns

Just as recent as a few years ago a NASA employee slipped up during an interview and admitted we still do not have the technology to keep a man alive further out than our own orbit.

Well I tried. But after 12:00 minutes. I felt an urge to slit my neck from ear to ear.


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[Mr. Man]

Questions about the moon landing seem valid to me, so why NASA won't just point a freaking telescope at the Moon and show everyone all the crap they supposedly left up there is a mystery. Seems easy enough to me to prove if we were really there, so why don't they?

[Zack]

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Skip to about 45 minutes

[Marauderjack]

Questions about the moon landing seem valid to me, so why NASA won't just point a freaking telescope at the Moon and show everyone all the crap they supposedly left up there is a mystery. Seems easy enough to me to prove if we were really there, so why don't they?

Simple......they never went...period!!:shake:

Besides.....had they really planted our flag on the Moon the Russians would have gone up there and brought it back!!;)

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

Well I tried. But after 12:00 minutes. I felt an urge to slit my neck from ear to ear.


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DTR + 4.10's + Eaton swap = Wreeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom


Lol agreed. I minimized the murder of my braincells by skimming through it.

[ChiTownMaraud3r]

Simple......they never went...period!!:shake:

Besides.....had they really planted our flag on the Moon the Russians would have gone up there and brought it back!!;)

It's going to be very interesting when the Chinese decide to send something up to the moon with money made from us and leak to everyone that nobody has been up there.

The fact the astronauts never kicked due to cancer from the radiation alone is nearly proof enough. The capsule and suites aren't made of thick, pure lead.

[cat in the hat]

Simple......they never went...period!!:shake:

Besides.....had they really planted our flag on the Moon the Russians would have gone up there and brought it back!!;)

Speaking of the Russians . . .

The US Moon Landing was a major humiliation to the Soviets, our greatest rival at the time - if there was any chance at all that it was faked, the Soviets would have stopped at nothing to expose us. Hell, if they could prove it now, they'd jump at the chance to rub our noses in it.

The fact that the Soviets never challenged the authenticity of the US Moon Landing might be the best proof that we did it.

[Bigdogjim]

^^^ well put a little common sense goes along way :up:

[Zack]

Speaking of the Russians . . .

The US Moon Landing was a major humiliation to the Soviets, our greatest rival at the time - if there was any chance at all that it was faked, the Soviets would have stopped at nothing to expose us. Hell, if they could prove it now, they'd jump at the chance to rub our noses in it.

The fact that the Soviets never challenged the authenticity of the US Moon Landing might be the best proof that we did it.

The world revolves around blackmail.....

[cat in the hat]

The world revolves around blackmail.....

- That's why you have to be careful who you send nekkid pictures to ! ;)

[Zack]

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[Marauderjack]

The world revolves around blackmail.....

^^^Exactly!!^^^:cool:

Funny how "believers" just take it in stride...there's so much your government does that you just accept as right......wake up people!!:shake:

[cruzer]

I can't understand why some people can't accept the truth that the United States is capable of doing anything right. In my lifetime I have seen American aviators conquer both of the worlds largest ocean, develop aircraft that exceeded the speed of sound, set altitude records by flying into the deep stratosphere, put humans ,, in orbit around the Earth---- so why is it so hard to accept the fact that we put men on the moon. Through my duties as a Captain flying for American Airlines, I had the honor of meeting and becoming friends with Armstrong, Carpenter and my youngest daughter Cindy was a protege of Commander Dick Scobie who gave his life in the Challenger tragedy. "Hoot" Gibson has been my house guest .All of these brave men took the risk to help the U S be the leader in space exploration . To those that have problems believing we were on the moon, just ask the widows of the men who died trying. I makes me sick to see such cynicism in the youth of America. Wake up . I apologize to no one for what I have said. I earned that right by actually living during all this history. If you have a better source,please advise them I'll be glad to discuss what I have said with them. I am not speaking to anyone on MM.net. But I could not stand by and say nothing. If you want, consider me a crazy old man with a lousy memory. Now I feel better. Good night. Maury

[MarauderCyclone]

My thanks to the poster whom brought up the Soviets in all this. The Space Race was in fact the hottest technology war going throughout the Cold War in many respects.

The US as well as Russia lost people in the quest for the Moon. The Race started with a little thing called Sputnik placed in earth orbit. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas ( Later the Vice President of the US and the Political Head of NASA) stated "I For One do not intend to sleep under the light of a Communist Moon.

The Russians lead the way during the opening rounds of the Space Race. Sputnik was the first shot. Then they were the first to put man into space and orbit the earth. The US did not achive earth Orbit till it's third manned rocket attempt with USMC Major John Glenn in 1963.

To the conspiracy theorists whom cling to conspiracy as opposed to fact based realities. Have at it. Sure, The Apollo Spacecraft had less computing power than a modern day digital watch. This is fact. Fact is we also had groundbased computers feeding that spacecraft that filled buildings in Houston. I'm sure those building now are eclipsed by as many PC's...that's the evolution of technology , without trying to discredit or re-write history.

The quest for the Moon was not ill-concieved or under-thought by anyone. NASA in hopes of making this happen within JFK's 60's decade timeline had a mantra. "Waste Anything But Time".

Phase 1 Project Mercury....Solo manned Spacecraft bulit by McDonnell in St. Louis Mo.

Objective. Place an Astronaut into space and earth orbit. Validate the ability to manuever in space , increasing flight / orbit duration time and safely return to earth. The US validated all this...The Russians sustained losses re-entering the earths atmosphere and landing on the ground as opposed to the US method of a splashdown in a vast ocean.

Project Gemini....Placing Two Astronauts in Space. Capsule also built by McDonnell Aircraft in St.Louis Mo.

Objective , validating survival in Long Duration Flight. The Gemini Program also validated Space Navigation , Rendevous , Formation Flight , Docking Procedures and Space Walking , all Key Elements leading up to Project Apollo and any attempt to land on the Moon.

Project Apollo North American Aviation in California

Multiphased Program.

Objective...Placing Three Men in Space for Long Duration Flight outside of earth orbit. Leaving Earth Orbit. Circumnavigation of the Moon. Testing the Lunar Module in Space , validating Rendevous and Docking outside of earth orbit. Flying the Lunar Module close to the Moons surface. Selecting Future Landing Sites. Landing Two Men on the Moon.

After the disaster of what was later named Apollo 1 , unmanned Saturn flight were made to validate the Saturn Rocket System. Apollo's 2-6 were un-manned Tests.

Apollo 7....11 day mission in earth orbit to validate to Command and Service Module , Communications for Long Duration Space Flight and safely return to earth.

Apollo 8....6 Day Mission to leave earth orbit and orbit the moon 10 times in 20 hours. Command/Service Module Only. First pictures of the Moon taken from Moon Orbit. Navigation , Communications and return to earth procedures validated.

Apollo 9....10 day Mission in earth orbit with both the Command/Sevice Module and the Lunar Module added. Docking in Space taking place and validation of Life Support Systems for future Moon Landings.

Apollo 10...8 day mission to the Moon....Docking the Command/Service Module with the Lunar Module , Orbiting the Moon , Lunar Module Un-Docks with 2 Astonauts on board and fly to within 50,000 feet of the Moons Surface. This was the Dress Rehersal for the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.

So with History being set straight with all the people involved with NASA , Contractors , Sub-Contractors and the Military and how many enemies of our country that would like nothing more for us to fail on World Wide TV. How could this be staged? The Russians alone would have outted us any way they could have. If this were a hoax as some people claim , it;s the most elaborate hoax ever invisioned or executed by anyone known to man.