This was a good read. What we saw. I hope to do the entire podcast series at some point.
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:18 pm
by Beebs52
I was a senior to be,, sitting in our Everett apartment with my mom. Can't remember what kind of tv. We weren't rich sorts. But, resolution didn't matter...
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:52 pm
by BackInTex
Beebs52 wrote:I was a senior to be,, sitting in our Everett apartment with my mom. Can't remember what kind of tv. We weren't rich sorts. But, resolution didn't matter...
We were well in the middle of the middle class. We had a console color t.v. probably a Zenith. Of course all the shots on the moon were b&w, but there was plenty of color from the space center and Cape Canaveral. I only remember watching the the first steps. I'm sure I saw more of the mission but hell, it was like 50 years ago.
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:59 pm
by tlynn78
I remember watching the first steps, but, as I was such a young'un, (8years) that's about all I remember. It was all black and white, at least what I remember.
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:11 pm
by Bob Juch
tlynn78 wrote:I remember watching the first steps, but, as I was such a young'un, (8years) that's about all I remember. It was all black and white, at least what I remember.
Damn kids!
I saw it in B&W too because I was at our house at Lake Tahoe and that's the only TV we had.
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:23 pm
by BackInTex
Bob Juch wrote:
tlynn78 wrote:I remember watching the first steps, but, as I was such a young'un, (8years) that's about all I remember. It was all black and white, at least what I remember.
Damn kids!
I saw it in B&W too because I was at our house at Lake Tahoe and that's the only TV we had.
The entire world saw it it b&w. No color transmission from the moon on Apollo 11.
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:58 pm
by Vandal
Or was it something else altogether...
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:38 pm
by flockofseagulls104
My 13th birthday
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:53 pm
by silvercamaro
flockofseagulls104 wrote:My 13th birthday
Whappersnipper!
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 6:00 pm
by Bob Juch
BackInTex wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
tlynn78 wrote:I remember watching the first steps, but, as I was such a young'un, (8years) that's about all I remember. It was all black and white, at least what I remember.
Damn kids!
I saw it in B&W too because I was at our house at Lake Tahoe and that's the only TV we had.
The entire world saw it it b&w. No color transmission from the moon on Apollo 11.
The broadcast was in color and the Earth scenes, e.g. Mission Control, were in color.
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:55 pm
by BackInTex
Bob Juch wrote:
BackInTex wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
Damn kids!
I saw it in B&W too because I was at our house at Lake Tahoe and that's the only TV we had.
The entire world saw it it b&w. No color transmission from the moon on Apollo 11.
The broadcast was in color and the Earth scenes, e.g. Mission Control, were in color.
The first steps were not, what T-girl said she remembered in b&w.
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:59 pm
by BackInTex
I'm watching 8 Days: To The Moon And Back on PBS. Getting the same chills (probably more) than I got 50 years ago. I understand more now what an achievement it.
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:25 pm
by BackInTex
Didn't know or remember that Nixon was on the Hornet to greet them when they arrived. At least it looked like him.
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:21 am
by littlebeast13
What in the hell are you guys talking about? There hasn't been a man on the moon in my lifetime....
lb13
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 4:54 am
by earendel
There's a "re-enactment" on YouTube - someone put together audio and video from historical archives to allow people to "watch" the mission in realtime.
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:22 am
by SpacemanSpiff
Time to break out my View Master reels of the moon landing.
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:40 am
by tlynn78
BackInTex wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
tlynn78 wrote:I remember watching the first steps, but, as I was such a young'un, (8years) that's about all I remember. It was all black and white, at least what I remember.
Damn kids!
I saw it in B&W too because I was at our house at Lake Tahoe and that's the only TV we had.
The entire world saw it it b&w. No color transmission from the moon on Apollo 11.
Sorry - I meant the earth-side portions, I don't have a specific memory of seeing that in color. We probably had a b&w tv at that time, as it was shortly after my dad's retirement from the AF, and we were in transitional housing.
Re: Apollo 11 Thread (50 year anniversary)
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:49 pm
by Jeemie
I was two months shy of my second birthday.
If I saw any of it, I don't remember.
Learning about it over the years...still amazed we did it in the days of slide rules and with a computer with less power than the smart watch I'm wearing. And today, we've actually lost the knowledge to build the Saturn V engine- we can't do it anymore.
And how close it came to failure.
A loose valve before launch...the 1202/1201 alarms...them not fully venting the docking tunnel so the LM went long on its landing site causing them to use almost all their fuel to find a safe spot to land...Buzz breaking off the breaker to set the ascent engine to fire (they tripped it again with a felt tip pen)...hell, Snoopy coming within seconds of crashing on the moon during Apollo 10 which would have set the whole program back again.
It was a flight fraught with danger...it still is.
