What do Neil Armstrong and Michael Jackson...

[Grace]

TIME magazine's cover story this week is about the 24 men who have walked on the surface of the moon. Fascinating!!

I found these 2 paragraphs to be very interesting -

NASA officials carefully screened for pilots who were made of tough physical stuff, and they chose well. In 1930, about the time most of the lunar astronauts were born, the life expectancy for a white American male was 59.1 years. In 2009, three-quarters of the former moonmen are still alive, and all of them are near or past 80 — not a likely result of chance. The doctors weren't looking equally hard for men who were free of poetry or fancy, but it was no surprise that they got that too. "They were all fighter pilots," says Dr. J.D. Polk, NASA's current chief of medical operations. "Psychologically speaking, they were a pretty self-selecting group."

But if the pilots weren't wired for wonder, they were wired for fun. After the successful mission of Apollo 11 — a serious, almost grimly flown affair — things loosened up, and the astronauts took advantage of the high adventure of their jobs. When the late Pete Conrad, commander of Apollo 12, hopped down from his lunar module, he eschewed any resonant words about small steps and giant leaps and went instead for a simple "whoopee!"

[RICHARD]

TIME magazine's cover story this week is about the 24 men who have walked on the surface of the moon. Fascinating!!

I found these 2 paragraphs to be very interesting -

Years ago I spied a small article in the paper that crushed me.

Neil Armstrong had an accident that took off a part of his finger. He was in a barn working when it happened. I was so stunned that someone who had gone to the moon could fall victim to such an earthly misfortune.

My heroes never stumble.

[kitten645]

I was seven and we weren't big TV watchers. My mom made dinner early and we made a point of sitting in front of the tv (in my parents bedroom) and watching the landing. My dad was a scientist at a lab and I was amazed that he was dumbstruck by this! He was the sort you couldn't ask why a penny was copper without a 40 minute disertation on Roman times etc!
I saw a fantastic video on Huffpost today that shows Buzz CLOCKING a nut job that got in his face about the lunar landing being a hoax. Classic! Love Buzz all the more! I'd have clocked him too.
Claudia

[RICHARD]

I saw a fantastic video on Huffpost today that shows Buzz CLOCKING a nut job that got in his face about the lunar landing being a hoax. Classic! Love Buzz all the more! I'd have clocked him too.
Claudia

Buzz is the consumate Man's Man!

Your father wanted to make sure that everyone got credit for their work!!!!!

[smokey the elder]

You all might want to check out Google this morning.

[RICHARD]

You all might want to check out Google this morning.

Totally cool!

I saw the ISS do it's flyby last night! It was visible for about a minute and was really cool to see!

[kokopup]

quote kitten645

I was seven and we weren't big TV watchers. My mom made dinner early and we made a point of sitting in front of the tv (in my parents bedroom) and watching the landing. My dad was a scientist at a lab and I was amazed that he was dumbstruck by this! He was the sort you couldn't ask why a penny was copper without a 40 minute disertation on Roman times etc!

Your dad was a Scientist and really understood the complexity of what these men were doing. I worked on a very small piece of the overall effort and I was dumbstruck at what they accomplished. It took someone like your dad to truly appreciate and understand the significants of that day.