Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. IF you are old enough to remember---what are your memories of it---thoughts then and now. I was 14 at the time, and went out that night and stared at the moon---I couldn't believe that we had actually gotten there. I was, at the time---and earlier, obviously, enthralled by the space program...Watching the Mercury capsules, the Gemini Capsules, and then the Apollo Capsules go into space.

BTW--NASA actually copied over the original tapes of the first moonwalk; thankfully, Hollywood digitally remastered them.

Tim C.

 

A great day in the history of our country. Hopefully NASA can give my generation something as spectacular to remember as well, sad that it is so close to the death of Cronkite, maybe his most famous broadcast? My dang TiVo is cramed with History Channel and Discovery Channel specials to record.

 

Very true---when I was that old, (or young) I was overwhelmed (and rightfully so) with a trememndous sense of patriotism---Americans were the first to land on the moon. I hope we do go back.

TSC

 

I was thirteen. I recall thinking that Walter Cronkite was as old as dirt.
Now, I'm older than he was when he reported the Moon landing.
Thankfully, I'm still reasonably good looking.

 

Im only 17 now so I dont remember the landing. But it is still an amazing feat. Space is so weird. Going outside and looking at the stars makes my head hurt. If there are billions of stars out there. If only a small percentage of those stars are equal to our sun then there could be another earth. What also boggles my mind is the fact that the stars that we see might not even exist anymore. The lights travels for so many years that there is a good possibility that that star no longer exists. That just trips me out.

 

I was no where near born back then. I don't even think my father and mother had met, lol. All in all a great break through in Science

 

I always think of that too. I wonder how many of them that we see today are actually still there.

 

I was 61 at the time. My thought... we beat the USSR in the space race! Incredible! Oh, actually I was 16. Just a bit of dislexia there!

 

I'm just shy of 40 so I wasn't around to experience the moon landing. I would imagine that was amazing, especially if you were a kid. It must have been pretty cool that America had the incentive to "reach for the stars".

The moon landing was a moment in time in this country that we should all be proud of.

 

I was 7 years old, living in Tucson, and it was very cool.

We spent much of that week following the mission on the network news.

For the actual landing, I was at my friend's house. His mom called us in from the yard and we watched the coverage, then went outside and pretended it was us on the moon. Good times.

 

Read some Carl Sagan, good stuff. Try "Cosmos" and "Demon Haunted World".

- NCSU

 

Just watched a program about the moon last night.

I guess they(NASA) expect to have a crew living/studying on the moon, launch slated for 2012. They already have working models of the space suits and vehicles they expect to use, and have digital renders of the living compartments and o2 making machine.

 

very big feat indeed. Can't wait to see what we do in the future!

 

I am almost 40 so it was before my time as well. I do vaguely remember watching the splashdown from one of the Skylab Missions back in 73'.

Great achievement.

 

I can't believe the fact people think we are the only live in the universe, with all of the other possibilities out there.
I was six when the moon landing happened, I think it sparked my interest in cosmology. I've studied the stars and the universe ever since.