Apollo 11 - The 40th Anniversary

***Bjoern*** · July 16th, 2009, 06:10

Watch it "live" here:

http://wechoosethemoon.com/

I think one of the beers I'll guzzle down tonight (end of exams for this semester) will be dedicated to NASA for pulling off this remarkable feat of engineering.

***Rami*** · July 16th, 2009, 06:34

Actually, I sent an e-mail to all of my students for September and to them that if they watched the episode on the History Channel and wrote a one page report as a Summer Project, I would give them one test during the year that they could skip, provided it wasn't a final or a midterm.

I got nine responses...

***kilo delta*** · July 16th, 2009, 06:34

I'm gonna kick back and watch The Right Stuff for the umpteenth time tonight!

**David_L6** · July 16th, 2009, 07:04

I'm watching now. Thanks for posting that link.

**crashaz** · July 16th, 2009, 07:47

Originally Posted by kilo delta

I'm gonna kick back and watch The Right Stuff for the umpteenth time tonight!

"Let's light this candle!"

Astronauts still my heros.

***Snuffy*** · July 16th, 2009, 07:51

Still got time to schedule this program ... July 20th

History channel ... making claims Apollo 11 saw UFOs ...

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...ad.php?t=19320

***kilo delta*** · July 16th, 2009, 08:42

Originally Posted by crashaz

"Let's light this candle!"

Astronauts still my heros.

Not to mention...Alan Sheperd's Prayer!

**GT182** · July 16th, 2009, 11:09

I watched the launch of Apollo 11, their touchdown on the Moon, and their return to Earth back in '69. It was a vision come true, and one I'll never forget.

***Rami*** · July 16th, 2009, 12:50

Do any of you have the Mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon" that Tom Hanks helped produce for HBO?

If not, this is a short excerpt of why I like it as a teaching tool. Scott Glenn as Alan Shepherd was great, but this takes it to another level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-3MS6duEMY

This is another of my favorite moments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_NZ4rSvBCg

***Terry*** · July 16th, 2009, 13:06

In between showing the current mission the NASA channel is showing a lot of their Apollo footage from all missions. They will probably keep it up through the 20th.

**jhefner** · July 16th, 2009, 17:26

For those here who have been enjoying the "golden oldies"; the British band The Moody Blues produced an album that was inspired by the Apollo 11 mission. It was titled To Our Children's Children's Children.

Someone did a masterfull job of setting the first three songs of that album to some footage from the Apollo missions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAGcVMTX0Ns

-James

***Roger*** · July 16th, 2009, 17:54

I was 17 and much distracted by the young lady who would, in the fullness of time, become divorce #1

However I did manage to watch most of the coverage and remember a young James Burke and Patrick Moore commentating on the BBC.

***Panther_99FS*** · July 16th, 2009, 18:52

Ah.....
We ain't makin' history like we used to...

**GT182** · July 16th, 2009, 19:20

Originally Posted by jhefner

For those here who have been enjoying the "golden oldies"; the British band The Moody Blues produced an album that was inspired by the Apollo 11 mission. It was titled To Our Children's Children's Children.

Someone did a masterfull job of setting the first three songs of that album to some footage from the Apollo missions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAGcVMTX0Ns

-James

I've got that album in vinyl and CD. I love playing thier music goin down the road in the GTO. Takes me back to 1968 when they first hit the radio. I even wore out "In Search of the Lost Chord" on the old record player. That album was their crowing glory IMHO. Too bad they sacked Mike Pinder.