Very entertaining story. Who'd have thought they had mandated "nap time" during their short stay?
Armstrong stepping on the moon is one of those events where ~everyone~ remembers where they were when they saw it (I was a twelve year old in our basement) - everyone except my S.O. who doesn't remember watching it, but she's always marched to the beat of a different drummer. ;-) Other such landmark events are hearing the news of JFK's assassination, the first space shuttle blowing up and 9/11. And yes, I know exactly where I was when I heard of those things. To make reference to another thread, interesting that all those are American events yet they are etched on the consciousness of a Canadian. Goes to show, eh? ;-) I am saddened by Armstrong's passing. Of all those landmark "you never forget" public events, this one was positive. If in fact it even happened... <g,d&r> cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Tom C <[email protected]> Sent: August 27, 2012 8/27/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: OT - Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquility 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. Tom C. -- 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.
