America headed back to the moon!!!

[OneWheelPeel]

In my youth, I avidly followed the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions. Ultimately watching Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon July 20, 1969. I'm curious how many here were not alive, or too young to experience that.

I’m in the not alive yet group, but only by a year.
For some reason I was into the early shuttle missions up to the first mission back after the Challenger explosion, then I had less time to follow those kind of things.

 

[RemCharger]

The fuel and oxidizer are the cheap part. Add in the PBAN solid propellant rocket motors and it's still the cheap part.

In round numbers, each launch costs $4 BILLION.

Shoulda gone to Costco

 

[JR_Charger]

The space race of the 60s was exciting.

Exactly why are they doing this? Why now?

The real question is, why did we stop? We should have the inner solar system colonized by now.

 

[RemCharger]

The real question is, why did we stop? We should have the inner solar system colonized by now.

Shoulda woulda coulda lol. By what standard can you evaluate what we should have done.

 

[JR_Charger]

These things can be measured and graphed. This is what our progess up to the end of Apollo looks like -

Call it intuition, that doesn't seem right to me?

 

[The Rebel]

I was 4 months away from being born. As a kid l was interested in astronomy and had a telescope.

It must have been really cool to have been old enough to experience the space program.

In my youth, I avidly followed the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions. Ultimately watching Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon July 20, 1969. I'm curious how many here were not alive, or too young to experience that.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Meet me on the dark side of the moon!

 

[Moms68]

I remember. The janitor in my elementary school would roll a B&W TV into the classroom so we could watch the Mercury and Gemini blast-offs. Watching last night really brought me back to the excitement and American pride of those days!

 

[wahya]

It’s funny how historical events happened and you remember right where you were at the time. My friend’s parents were out of town and he had a small group over for a little party. The tv was on and I was on the couch with a girl. Watched about a minute of the landing on tv.

 

[BDnFL]

Backyard pictures,
I always liked the way the sun would shine on the smoke trail.

 

[YY1]

Brief glimpse between the clouds.
Not fast enough to get the flare.

 

[YY1]

These things can be measured and graphed. This is what our progess up to the end of Apollo looks like -

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Call it intuition, that doesn't seem right to me?

Did you forget the shuttle program?

 

[dart4forte]

I remember 1969, last family vacation. Was driving through Yosemite listening on the AM. When Armstrong said “One Small Step” my mom started crying and my dad, an old crusty NCO hollered out “Yes”.

 

[maxwedgechar]

I remember sitting in the auditorium in elementary school to watch Alan Shepard.

 

[mmissile]

One of my favorite bands. Don't see the relationship to the thread.
Too bad Care died.

 

[mmissile]

Yup, gotta get the moon weaponized, before the Chi-Coms.

 

[Dave6T4]

The real question is, why did we stop? We should have the inner solar system colonized by now.

At least, have a Wal-Mart on the moon by now! LOL

 

[dadsbee]

Only shitter on board already went into failure mode apparently shortly after takeoff, apparently back on line for now!

 

[dfrazz]

Only shitter on board already went into failure mode apparently shortly after takeoff, apparently back on line for now!

 

[YY1]

I was just commenting to my wife about being in something roughly car sized for 10 days.

...and then read they had a "proper" facility on this trip.

...or at least thought they did.

Did they bring a space plunger?

Last night's Taco Bell is stronger than the vacuum of space?