Contact Light!

[Al Czervik]

16:17:39 EDT, 20 July












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[Gnam]

:thumbup:

I watched an episode of 'From the Earth to the Moon' about Apollo 12 last weekend. Pretty amazing how fast people became bored with the whole program.

[Elmo T]

:thumbup:

Last month, I started rereading Andrew Chaikin's Man on the Moon series. I picked up the 3 book set for about $8 a few years back at a local discount bookstore.

[Don Quixote]

Here is a nice way to kill about an hour.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.landing.html

[Elmo T]

Here is a nice way to kill about an hour.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.landing.html

Surf over here and kill another few hours:

Apollo Photo Archive (http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html)

[Don Quixote]

Surf over here and kill another few hours:

Apollo Photo Archive (http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html) You bastage. :D

[Elmo T]

You bastage. :D

:laugh:

Don't blame me - I didn't start this. ;)

I got this today from the Smithsonian feed:

http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/apollo11/

[Methanolandbrats]

Apollo 1, some grim stuff in there :(

[Steve99]

Two days later and I still have no idea what this thread was originally about. :confused:

[Don Quixote]

Two days later and I still have no idea what this thread was originally about. :confused: Search "contact light" on the document in my link above.

[Gnam]

102:45:40 Aldrin: Contact Light.

[At least one of the probes hanging from three of the footpads has touched the surface. Each of them is 67 inches (1.73 meters) long. The ladder strut doesn't have a probe. Buzz made the call at 20:17:40 GMT/UTC on 20 July 1969.]

102:45:43 Armstrong (on-board): Shutdown
102:45:44 Aldrin: Okay. Engine Stop.

102:45:57 Duke: We copy you down, Eagle.
102:45:58 Armstrong (on-board): Engine arm is off. (Pause) Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

[TravelGal]

Two days later and I still have no idea what this thread was originally about. :confused:

41 years later and I still tear up reading Gnam's quote of the exchange between the earth and the moon.

[Methanolandbrats]

41 years later and I still tear up reading Gnam's quote of the exchange between the earth and the moon.

They were hiding in Florida reading a script :gomer:

[Gnam]

Apollo 11 = The Patriot
Apollo 13 = We Were Soldiers
Apollo 12 = Lethal Weapon 4

They just changed the names and some dates.

:gomer:

[Indy]

41 years later and I still tear up reading Gnam's quote of the exchange between the earth and the moon.

I am with you on that one.

[KLang]

102:45:40 Aldrin: Contact Light.

[At least one of the probes hanging from three of the footpads has touched the surface. Each of them is 67 inches (1.73 meters) long. The ladder strut doesn't have a probe. Buzz made the call at 20:17:40 GMT/UTC on 20 July 1969.]

102:45:43 Armstrong (on-board): Shutdown
102:45:44 Aldrin: Okay. Engine Stop.

102:45:57 Duke: We copy you down, Eagle.
102:45:58 Armstrong (on-board): Engine arm is off. (Pause) Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

102:46:06 Duke: (Momentarily tongue-tied) Roger, Twan...(correcting himself) Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.

:D

[KLang]

Coincidentally, I was at the Smithsonian Air and Space museum Monday. While I have been disgusted with the state of our space program for some time, it was encouraging to observe the children so enthusiastic about learning of our history in space. It appears there will be another generation yearning to be astronauts and scientists, if only the country can give NASA a proper vision and mission.

[Elmo T]

if only the country can give NASA a proper vision and mission.

Should we be procrastinating?



"I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. But I'm an optimist. We will reach out to the stars."

Stephen Hawking, interview with Daily Telegraph, 2001

[KLang]

Should we be procrastinating?

I think not.

There were exhibits at the Natural History museum about several extinction events in earths history. Sooner or later it will happen again.

Sadly, unless something changes, a year from now we won't even have the ability to get to Low Earth Orbit anymore.

[Al Czervik]

Thread bump, 45 years.

[gjc2]

:thumbup:

I watched an episode of 'From the Earth to the Moon' about Apollo 12 last weekend. Pretty amazing how fast people became bored with the whole program.

Not me!

I was in grade school when Alan Shepard first flew in space. They brought us into the auditorium to watch it in a little black & white TV. I was ten. I’ve followed the exploration of space ever since.

[JoeBob]

The earlier reference to Apollo 12 made me remember this amazing moment that most people don't know about.

In which A Saturn V gets hit by lightning, and Pete Conrad laughs all the way to orbit:

eWQIryll8y8

[dando]

I've actually been re-watching From The Earth to the Moon recently and just saw the episode with SCE AUX. :thumbup: