Comments on: 40 Years Ago…

By: Stevem

Stevem — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:34:37 +0000

In a sense we have gone backwards since then. The greatest achievements of aerospace engineering can only now be seen in a museum: the Saturn 5, the SR71 Blackbird and Concorde–there is still nothing that can match them. But anyway, here are three really excellent documentaries on the Apollo program

For All Mankind, part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otvtMfEI_9w

Failure Is Not An Option, part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4SjUbQDP7g

In the Shadow of the Moon (the most recent), part 1,
with a lot of very recent interviews with Apollo astronauts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRusDqEK4aI

Other parts at the side of course at the youtube page. All well worth taking the time to watch some time.
Hope the links work ok.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:52:27 +0000

Thank you for sharing that quite lovely scene.

Best,

-cvj

By: Jude

Jude — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:21:21 +0000

Forty years ago, I spent the summer in Mexico at my cousin’s house, built inside his ice factory. Although three people in that town of 5,800 people owned television sets–the doctor and my other cousin who owned a gas station being the other two–only Jaime invited the townspeople to watch the moon landing at his house. I struggled to hear snippets of Walter Cronkite speaking between the Spanish newscasters’ translations (I longed to hear English after two months in Mexico). The townspeople, many of whom wore homespun clothing and sandals, lined up and took turns watching men walking on the moon. They’d stand in the doorway, quietly watching for a few seconds, then yield to the next person in line for as long as the coverage was shown. At one point, my cousins and I felt an overwhelming desire to see the real thing, so we ran into the back yard and looked up, yelling “Hola, Capitan!” at the moon. I’ve always felt lucky that I saw the moon landing at the ice factory in Mexico.