42 years ago today....

papab

papab

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On the Moon......
Remember watching a grainy B/W TV at my girfriend's house.....

Rick
 
If you ever get around that memory (better stick to it I guess), doesn't it feel good to think mankind has taken once again another step backwards in aerospace matters.

Seemingly.
 
I remember staying up half the night just to see it all happen, lots of crackles lots of blury images but something you will never forget.
 
Yes indeed. I thought we'd be colonizing Mars by now. Oh, and I was in my tighty whities on living room floor. The old B&W T.V. just a going. I remember my mom adjusting the rabbit ears, to no avail. She said. "what a load of #&%@", man can't breathe out in space! She was one of the many that thought it was a farce. She did come around though, later in life.
 
That space exploration and science stuff is too technical. We'd rather play with our iPads and watch reality TV. :frown:
 
And just over an hour ago .....

.... Atlantis landed for the final time. One small step for mankind, one great leap for the bean counters. :icon29:

Let us hope that Elon Musk, Richard Branson et al have more imagination and bigger cojones than the high ups at NASA. :salute:
 
You beat me to it Andy. I was running the internet this morning and heard the Boom - boom of it coming home.
It's the end of an era.
 
But hopefully the start of a new era. I think Space-X plans look exciting, as long as vested interests (ie Boeing) don't stifle him.
 
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