I was in my early 20's. I set up my camera and took photos of the TV screen. Still have those negatives somewhere . . .
stan On Aug 27, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Bob W wrote: >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Tom C >> >> http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at- >> nasa/2006/19jul_seaoftranquillity/ >> >> Short entertaining story of the first manned lunar landing. I remember >> watching it live when I was 8 years old. My Dad telling the kids to sit >> down and be quiet because this was important. >> >> It simply amazes me that 1) the original video tapes were lost and 2) >> Buzz Aldrin did not take the camera and get an image of Neil Armstrong >> on the lunar surface. All the still image photography was done by Neil >> Armstrong of Buzz Aldrin. >> > > I was 12. The moon landing was the evening before my mother's 40th birthday. > I had to really argue and throw tantrums to be allowed to watch the landing > on TV - with hindsight I expect my parents had other things on their mind, > but nevertheless we (their children) got to watch it. I couldn't really > figure out what I seeing though, the quality of the pictures was so poor > that I couldn't decipher them, so it was a bit disappointing. Not that I > would have admitted it, after making such a fuss to see it. > > A few years later my father, who was an RAF officer, came home from work and > told us that he'd met Buzz Aldrin that day, and gave us a picture which > Aldrin had signed. I don't know who has that picture now. > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
