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Thread ID: 19228 | Posts: 13 | Started: 2005-07-20
2005-07-20 10:07 | User Profile
Moon landing July 20, 1969
"On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body.
Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with less than 30 seconds of fuel remaining), Neil A. Armstrong took the ââ¬ÅSmall Stepââ¬Â into our greater future when he stepped off the Lunar Module, named ââ¬ÅEagle,ââ¬Â onto the surface of the Moon, from which he could look up and see Earth in the heavens as no one had done before him.
He was shortly joined by ââ¬ÅBuzzââ¬Â Aldrin, and the two astronauts spent 21 hours on the lunar surface and returned 46 pounds of lunar rocks. After their historic walks on the Moon, they successfully docked with the Command Module ââ¬ÅColumbia,ââ¬Â in which Michael Collins was patiently orbiting the cold but no longer lifeless Moon."
[url]http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/introduction.htm[/url]
Welcome to Google Moon
In honor of the first manned Moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, weââ¬â¢ve added some NASA imagery to the Google Maps interface to help you pay your own visit to our celestial neighbor. Happy lunar surfing. More about Google Moon.
[url]http://moon.google.com/[/url]
2005-07-20 16:47 | User Profile
Thanks for the reminder, Faust.
I'm ashamed to admit it, but I didn't even blink on the fact that today was the anniversary of our country and civilization's high-water mark. The "news" certainly didn't have anything to say about it, being much more concerned about whether or not the right to kill babies would be safe under the latest stooge the Chimp has decided would look good in, as N.B. Forrest says, a black caftan.
Nope, all that stuff is ancient history, a reminder of the Bad Old Days in which competent White men went about their business, for the most part modestly and quietly, pushing back the envelope of knowledge and industry while the real heroes like OJ, Kobe, the Carr Brothers, Madonna, Woody Allen and assorted other countercultural betters were either not born yet, or were denied their rightful place in the pantheon of greats as the glue that held this country together.
2005-07-20 16:52 | User Profile
"....the two astronauts spent 21 hours on the lunar surface...."
Or they spent 21 hours being filmed in a studio.
2005-07-21 02:10 | User Profile
I have the booklet We Never Went To The Moon by Bill Kaysing and Randy Reid but I still have a tendency to believe that the landing occurred. However, it does seem odd that there are not any photos of the landing gear, the land rover and other evidence of the landing taken from earth, from earth's orbit, or various explorer vehicles sent out.
2005-07-21 02:14 | User Profile
from geek world in honor of the moon landing google has chosen to debut its new Google Maps page> [url="http://moon.google.com/"]http://moon.google.com/[/url] Make sure you zoom all the way in to see what the moon is really made of.
:biggrin:
2005-07-21 02:23 | User Profile
Snouter Quote: ..."it does seem odd that there are not any photos of the landing gear,...."
It seems odd they didn't shoot off some flares or fireworks so all on earth could see.
2005-07-21 02:27 | User Profile
BlueBonnet
I did not zoom all the way before reading your post. :rolleyes:
[QUOTE]from geek world in honor of the moon landing google has chosen to debut its new Google Maps page> [url]http://moon.google.com/[/url] Make sure you zoom all the way in to see what the moon is really made of. :biggrin: [/QUOTE]
2005-07-21 02:34 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Snouter]I have the booklet We Never Went To The Moon by Bill Kaysing and Randy Reid but I still have a tendency to believe that the landing occurred. However, it does seem odd that there are not any photos of the landing gear, the land rover and other evidence of the landing taken from earth, from earth's orbit, or various explorer vehicles sent out.[/QUOTE] I once met Neil Armstrong on the Micronesian Island of Yap, while the boat I was serving on was in port off loading fish. The Kiwi helicopter mechanic that was with me, made the comment that Neil had drank to much piss, when Neil pointing at the full moon from the balcony of the Manta Ray Bay Motel, told us that he had been there. After that experience and meeting the man in person I believe he walked on the moon.
2005-07-21 03:24 | User Profile
I have seen mny photos about the moon landing that makes me triple think about the same but the main one is "how come the lunar lander was so clean"? I mean, is there a car wash moon lander on the moon?
2005-07-21 13:49 | User Profile
The astronauts beat Alice Cramden since Ralph could never quite bring himself to send her "To the moon, Alice!" :cool2:
Thanks for the reminder.
[QUOTE=Faust]Moon landing July 20, 1969
"On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body.
Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with less than 30 seconds of fuel remaining), Neil A. Armstrong took the ââ¬ÅSmall Stepââ¬Â into our greater future when he stepped off the Lunar Module, named ââ¬ÅEagle,ââ¬Â onto the surface of the Moon, from which he could look up and see Earth in the heavens as no one had done before him.
He was shortly joined by ââ¬ÅBuzzââ¬Â Aldrin, and the two astronauts spent 21 hours on the lunar surface and returned 46 pounds of lunar rocks. After their historic walks on the Moon, they successfully docked with the Command Module ââ¬ÅColumbia,ââ¬Â in which Michael Collins was patiently orbiting the cold but no longer lifeless Moon."
[url="http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/introduction.htm"]http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/introduction.htm[/url]
Welcome to Google Moon
In honor of the first manned Moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, weââ¬â¢ve added some NASA imagery to the Google Maps interface to help you pay your own visit to our celestial neighbor. Happy lunar surfing. More about Google Moon.
[url="http://moon.google.com/"]http://moon.google.com/[/url][/QUOTE]
2005-07-22 08:42 | User Profile
Just another one of the (White) Race's many great achievements (no matter what loonytarians like John 'Turdman' Bryant say). No wonder non-Whites hate us so. Whites travel to other worlds, while all they can do is look on with bitterness and envy.
2005-07-22 14:18 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Kurt]Just another one of the (White) Race's many great achievements (no matter what loonytarians like John 'Turdman' Bryant say). No wonder non-Whites hate us so. Whites travel to other worlds, while all they can do is look on with bitterness and envy.[/QUOTE] "Black wants out of the street Yellow wants the country Red wants the country back White wants out of this world."
From Ride the Tiger, Jefferson Airplane (Or were they Starship at that point?)
2005-07-25 15:44 | User Profile
I can honestly say I have had only one hero in my life, and that is Neil Armstrong. Not some drug soaked, hippie, asshole rocker or actor. Not some plagarizing idiot author. Definitely no one in the so-called civil rights movement. Just one courageous, and very smart man. Of all the people who came out of the 60's Armstrong was the bravest, most American, and the greatest image for white people is also the one we hear least about. Since the moon walk, we have been inundated ad nauseum with Lennon, Jane Fonda, MLK, Muhammad Ali, Holocaust, JFK assassination, but the one individual who conducted himself with dignity, and who symbolizes so much which America stands for we hear so little about. Maybe Neil Armstrong is just too decent, too smart, too courageous, and too white for the media to be concerned with. Sadly, today the white people we read about most are child molesters, lying politicians, and celebrities who have been caught on a sex tape.