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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65736 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
When they landed I was fishing with my Dad at a local stocked lake. Never caught anything there. When they stepped out, glued to the tube in the living room. a colony would require air tight vacuum proof building, that would also be able to be insulated against the extremes of temps found on the moon, plus the lack of an atmosphere like on earth, plus how do Ya make a concrete foundation in a vacuum? Water & a hard vacuum don't exactly mix, on Mars water boils away cause of just the low pressure alone... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Akio Send message Joined: 18 May 11 Posts: 375 Credit: 32,129,242 RAC: 0 |
I wasn't born yet :/ |
Ronsa Send message Joined: 2 Sep 99 Posts: 7 Credit: 727,680 RAC: 0 |
I was siting in the living room with my dad, brother, sister, mom and a half brother. I remember holding my breath. I was 16. |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
a colony would require air tight vacuum proof building, that would also be able to be insulated against the extremes of temps found on the moon, plus the lack of an atmosphere like on earth, plus how do Ya make a concrete foundation in a vacuum? Water & a hard vacuum don't exactly mix, on Mars water boils away cause of just the low pressure alone... Well there is the ISS And whilst it not on the moon and was assembled in orbit, it is air tight and has to deal with extremes of temperature. I believe that if we can build that we can and should have a colony on the Moon, and be looking to Mars. The problem was that once "space travel" became an "everyday" thing the public got bored and governments cut funding. I wonder how many of you (without checking) could tell me how many astronauts and their nationalities are currently aboard the ISS? (I couldn't) With the world in the state it's in too many people call for money to be spent on more "Earthly" problems, probably without realising that a lot of groundbreaking technology came about because of the space program. [/soapbox] |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
When they landed I was fishing with my Dad at a local stocked lake. Never caught anything there. When they stepped out, glued to the tube in the living room. I did a quick search and found this site on how to build a moon base.moonbase [/quote] Old James |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
I don't remember as I wasn't born yet. Must have been a great experience though. Great things happened in the sixties. I always wanted to live in that time, if only for the music then. rOZZ Music Pictures |
Dimly Lit Lightbulb 😀 Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15399 Credit: 7,423,413 RAC: 1 |
I hadn't been born yet either. I love the story about the astronauts sneaking a golf club and ball up there Vic :) Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club. |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34255 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
I still remember, even i was a young boy back then. It was amazing. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
.clair. Send message Joined: 4 Nov 04 Posts: 1300 Credit: 55,390,408 RAC: 69 |
On one of the later missions a hammer and a feather were also taken to the moon, Now then, hold one in each hand and if you let go of a hammer and a feather at exactly the same time which hits the ground first ? Do it in your back yard, i think we know that one. Do it on the moon, they land at the same time. Neat, huh. I can still rewind the vid of seeing that done. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I always wanted to live in that time, I must say you should also revel in your own time, remember, you are here. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65736 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Savoir Faire is everywhere!(I'll make mincemeat out of that mouse!) Oopsie! Yeah I also had a subscription to National Geographic then, the moon landings were covered, of course I don't have any of those issues anymore... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12 |
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.clair. Send message Joined: 4 Nov 04 Posts: 1300 Credit: 55,390,408 RAC: 69 |
Hammer versus feather on the moon. It was shure to be on there somewhere :¬) |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I remember listening to Joan Baez live at the Arena di Milano with my pregnant wife in 1968. A thunderstorm ended the concert. Tullio |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
20 July 1969, we were in Corona, Ca, visiting my mother's Aunt Rose in a nursing home. Watched the first steps on a TV in the common area. Many years later, attending L5/National Space Society conventions, I had the priviledge of having lunch and/or dinner with Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell, several Shuttle astronauts, and many prominent science fiction writers. Wish I had pictures, but those are great memories. My favorite is meeting Robert Heinlein at the first L5 International Space Development Conference in Los Angeles in 1982. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Ex: "Socialist" Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 3433 Credit: 2,616,158 RAC: 2 |
seriously I am amazed at how many here have been first hand acquaintances of famous people of interest to me. I am honored to know you people. #resist |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65736 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
My Dad met the late Lloyd Bridges at work while taking bridge tolls on the Vincent Thomas Bridge... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
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