Apollo 11, 40 years ago
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- JerseyRaindog0
Also, watch 'The Right Stuff' if you get a chance. Epic film about choosing the first astronauts.
- Or read the book of course.JerseyRaindog
- watched Right Stuff when I was a kid and was totally captivated.mg33
- mtgentry0
Wikipedia: The patch of Apollo 11 was designed by Collins, who wanted a symbol for "peaceful lunar landing by the United States." He chose an eagle as the symbol, put an olive branch in its beak, and drew a moon background with the earth in the distance. NASA officials said the talons of the eagle looked too "warlike" and after some discussion, the olive branch was moved to the claws.
- freeskihp0
in 8 hrs
- BusterBoy0
Still unbelievable. If you check out the extended slo-mo launch on Youtube, it's unbelievable.
- MrDinky0
18 hours.
- miesvan0
yeah!
- boobs0
I remember when it happened. I was in Edinburgh on vacation with my parents. Everyone was so excited, and watched it on TV. People kept coming up to us saying things like, "Oh, you Americans must be so proud" or "You Americans have really done it this time!"
At the time, with the Concorde having recently come out, and with the US going to the moon, it just seemed like travel was going to explode, and that soon we'd be going anywhere, and faster all the time.
But that wasn't to be. We only went to the moon a few times, and then stopped. The whole Concorde thing fizzled too.
And travel is probably worse now than it was in the 1960s--airlines are so crowded, and the passengers are treated like cattle.
- BusterBoy0
Geez boobs...you're older than me!
- BusterBoy0
Geez boobs...you're older than me!
- BattleAxe0
40 years later
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From orbit: It should be obvious, but it’s still amazing to see how much better it is to work in orbit than in training.
- ghandolf0
How would you fake this on earth?
- ghandolf0
Bah.. not that good yet. They are only 3 weeks into a project to restore what is already available, not any new footage. They expect to deliver 4 complete EVA scenes digitally restored in September. These are 'slo-scan' videos that have to be scan converted, and are not broadcast quality videos. They are looking a little better though already.. The original video from the moon cameras are only 320 lines of resolution. The videos will never be as good as what we've become accustomed to seeing in this day and age.
- GeorgesII0
20SFA