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Houston, are we go?

Rgarner

Android Expert
Guess what the kid wants now. Be an astronaut for July 20! Well, it is the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing. Who has some costume ideas? I think the most important parts would be the helmet and boots, but how to make them lightweight, breathable and cool? Please forgive me for not posting this in off topic but I actually could not find it. The space where's it's supposed to be is taken up by some ad.
 
Who around here is brave enough to acknowledge watching it live (consciously, like by your choice, not in diapers in your playpen)?

I'll start: me! :D

And it was awesome!

Well I was 6 in 1969, and I do remember it. And then a few weeks later I had a poster on my bedroom wall of the splashdown. My sister was in her playpen probably.

July 20th this year I'm going to be in Bangkok.
 
i would love to have been there for the event. i would have also loved to have been around for Apollo 13 as disappointing as it was.
I understand that. There was something magical about our space program back then, which appealed to and drew in us kids. The bad parts, though tragic, didn't seem to dampen the public's spirits too much.
i'm extremely jealous that you were there to witness the first landing of the moon. i can only live it through movies or thru words.
True, but luckily there are a lot of books, films, TV documentaries, etc., to experience it through.
 
Yeh, to infinity, and beyond

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That's great, moon boots...of course! They're classic and iconic. Where are they available these days? Also, what would make a good helmet or hat? I have to say thanks for the advice...and the memories.
 
I've been to jsc twice for small jobs. It was the only place security goes up into the company truck snooping without warning. Fortunately not a real in depth search though
 
I have always been intresting in astronaunt's suits and space, drempt I was floating in a space station,
when I was really young, did visit the site in New Mexico a while ago.
 
It's coming, slowly but surely. I had to pick up some stuff at the hardware store and I found those covers for shoes to keep floors from getting messed up by paint and whatever. It was less than 5 bucks for a pack of 3 pairs, not exactly high tech, but maybe that'll do.
 
I just watched Brigadier General Charles Duke, Apollo astronaut, and Gerald D Griffen, Apollo Program Flight Director, on the local news (KTLA). Wow!

Duke is one of only TWELVE humans to walk on the moon. His Apollo 16 mission was in April, 1972; he was the youngest (by 4 months) to touch the Lunar surface. He describes it with the giddy joy of a small child on Christmas morning, and said he'd love to do it again, but, alas, "NASA said don't call us, we'll call you." :(

Griffen shares Duke's sentiments about how much FUN it was working in the space program back then.

They're attending the immersive Apollo 11 show tonight at its opening at the Rose Bowl; I linked to that earlier.

Duke said "my cell phone has 800,000 times the memory of my Apollo computer." :o
 
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