[meteorite-list] Where Were You When It Happened 35 Years Ago.?

From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jul 21 12:58:21 2004
Message-ID: <072120041658.26684.40FEA0AA0006EBDD0000683C21603831169C9C070D040A90070BD206_at_att.net>

Paul, Robert and others,

Watching the landing and subsequent ladder walk by Neil Armstrong as an impressionable 11 year old was quite exciting for me, my parents and two brothers. Our family having an enormous 20 some inch color TV console was a big deal at the time...but the images of this landing on the moon were still closer to black and white with the blandness of the moon landscape and limited light available for the cameras. Mankind landing on the moon was a proud moment for all of us here in the US...and I would guess for most of those who knew about it elsewhere in the world too.

Actually, the experience of the Christmas before in 1968 was something that stuck in my mind even more when my father surprised us Christmas Eve on the east coast of the US with that the new color TV I mentioned above...literally just in time to watch Apollo 8 orbit the moon that evening showing us an believable view of our own beautiful blue planet in the background, with the gray moon in the foreground. Now that was a moment/image that was imprinted in my mind to this day! Thank you Dad.

john



-------------- Original message from Robert Woolard : --------------
> Hello Paul and List,
>
> Great questions, Paul. I'm enjoying reading the
> responses.
>
> I was at home with my Mom and Dad as I was 14 years
> old. The three of us watched the event unfold on our
> little ~14 inch (?) B & W TV together.
>
> I think the Apollo program was truly our nation at
> its finest. However, I remember my quite elderly
> grandparents at first NOT believing that we really
> were on the moon. Then, as time progressed, their
> point of view switched to blaming NASA for the "bad
> weather around the world" being due to them "sending
> those men to walk on the moon".
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Robert Woolard
>
> --- Paul H wrote:
> > The questions are: "Where were you when
> > Neil Armstrong first stepped out on the
> > Moon 35 years ago?" "Where did you watch
> > it and with whom?"
> >
> > 35 Years Ago Tuesday Men First Stepped Foot on the
> > Moon
> > By My Wise County, My Wise County, Virginia
> > http://www.mywisecounty.com/news/071904-2.htm
> >
> > First walk on the moon remembered 35 years later
> > CTV, Canada
> >
> http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1090020187109_3?hub=SciTech
> >
> >
> > Commentary: US remains lost in space
> > By Martin Sieff, United Press International
> > Published 7/19/2004 5:30 PM
> >
> http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040719-045828-8640r
> >
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Paul
> > Baton Rouge, LA
> >
> >
> >
> >
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