You're about my age Davy. You must remember watching it all at the time?davyK wrote:Just want to say that as an Apollo fanboy I have been lording it up and gorging on the occasion and gobbling up any scrap of new factoids I learn from its over exposure on TV. James Burke.
g.man wrote:You're about my age Davy. You must remember watching it all at the time?davyK wrote:Just want to say that as an Apollo fanboy I have been lording it up and gorging on the occasion and gobbling up any scrap of new factoids I learn from its over exposure on TV. James Burke.
Yeah, I'm about to turn 54 so I've got a few months on you maybe. I still remember it on the telly for days on end though. My main memories are the BBC using Also Sprach Zarathustra as their theme for all the programmes and James Burke seemingly being one the telly 24 hours a day, talking about not very much. It bored me to tears. Despite being constantly told this was the most incredible thing ever, for a four year old it was purgatory. The rocket taking off was awesome, but then after that, we just seemed to be watching the square root of fuck-all for what seemed like a lifetime.davyK wrote:I'm 53 so too young for Apollo 11 but I can remember something of the later missions. I can clearly remember just growing up in the middle of Apollo mania which lasted quite a while. I got a space suit one Christmas complete with helmet. I remember posters on my bedroom wall. I had a lunar rover Dinky toy and a pile of other stuff.You're about my age Davy. You must remember watching it all at the time?Just want to say that as an Apollo fanboy I have been lording it up and gorging on the occasion and gobbling up any scrap of new factoids I learn from its over exposure on TV. James Burke.
Dark Soldier wrote:You lads should watch First Man
SpaceGazelle wrote:I'm glad Armstrong was first. Buzz Aldrin was the least experienced and was meant to go first, mainly because stepping down the ladder requires no technical skill but they changed protocol. Collins was very experienced and so put in charge of Lunar orbit by himself. It never gets old.
LivDiv wrote:Tommy Robinson has been beaten up in the prison showers, by a 70 year old, for acting like a celebrity.
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