By: Steve T.
Where was I? In a state of extreme frustration. I was twelve that summer, and had followed the space program avidly; I had meticulously built a plastic model of the Gemini capsule, painted and decaled...
View ArticleBy: Lindoro Almaviva
“I’ve seen everything from the horse and buggy to the moon,” she said, “And no one will ever live a different lifetime in history with more progress than that.” Such wisdom, and so true. We have seen...
View ArticleBy: Priya Lynn
I was also 8 years old at the time, and like Jim I decided I was going to be an astronaut. Today it seems very strange to me that the dramatic pinnacle of technological achievement happened 40 years...
View ArticleBy: Lynn David
“I’ve seen everything from the horse and buggy to the moon…” That is almost, if not exactly what my mother has said about herself. She turned 95 just 5 days ago. So the moon landing was sort of a...
View ArticleBy: Jeve (aka John and Steve)
That was great. I wasn’t born yet, but thanks for taking me back there.
View ArticleBy: Pete
I was two days old. At every “milestone” anniversary of the Moon landing, I’m reminded that I’m a decade older!
View ArticleBy: David
I was barely 4, but I still remember it (even if I didnt understand the difference between it and science fiction programs then, but my parents tried to explain, and I understood that this was...
View ArticleBy: ravenbiker
Reading this, remembering this day 40 years ago, feeling the joy, the wonder, of a 5 year old, I relive it as tears well up in my eyes. A great moment in human history. Thank you for blogging this.
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