the JFK Library is re-broadcasting the moon landing in real time, with computer graphic simulations . . . it's very well done not to mention cool.
http://www.wechoosethemoon.com/
I can't believe this was only 40 years ago.

I dunno. Over time I'm starting to get swayed by the idea that maybe the hoax thing has some reality to it...

But I like conspiracies

Yeah, this picture does kinda look like it was taken at Sears:

I can't believe it was 40 years ago and it's still the coolest thing we've ever done.

That picture screams Olan Mills to me.
I never got to wear a space suit though. Mom always dressed me in polyester suits for family pictures.

Last night on mythbusters they did moon stuff. They were busting myths of people who think they moon landing was a hoax.

So, people say it was a hoax b/c the flag waved... so they showed how it would wave in a vacuum. Same thing for the footprint left, the movements of the dudes through space, and the picture of the guy in the shadow. So according to mythbusters, they went to the moon.

They left equipment there which we still get data from, to this very day.

In fact, it was just reported that the original landing sight was just seen.

LOL@ Lisa! Very funny...

Re: spacetrucker - Cool!



Land sakes alive, the steak's alive.

Photoshopped!!!

(kidding)

I was listening to the "live" broadcast from that site a lot today at work. It was interesting and boring all rolled into one. I liked it.
But at 3:30 I had to leave to go to a customer site and then didn't get to hear how it turned out.

Seriously though, I actually remember watching coverage of Apollo 11 on that day. I was just a tiny little tyke back then and can remember wondering why my parents were so interested in the TV that day. To me it was just another TV show and not a very exciting one at that. I just wanted to go out into the backyard and play. And as I remember, I did just that.

Kinda funny that in both cases (40 years apart) I started following it and in both cases I didn't make it to the good part.

I have two family members who work for NASA.

The most compelling argument against the hoax is that there were far too many people at the time who would have had a major stake in proving we did NOT go, which could have been easily done with even simple technology. The USSR or China would have loved to expose such a fake, and we were actively engaged in a space race with the Soviets. We could NOT have gotten away with this.

Me and Todd were on the Moon FIRST, so the whole thing's just sad really! =/

no moon input, just have sinatra singing in my head when I look at this thread...

Why have we never gone back? Was the moon that incredibly boring that there were no other scientific studies to be done? I figured we'd be commuting back and forth by now.  Look at how much our technology has grown since 1969, I'm just amazed we've never gone back.

I know, Sunflower. Think of all the cheese we'd be eating!

Cheese Gromit.

Because Americans don't want to spend the money on it when they can't pay for Health Care. Any time you make it a choice, NASA loses.

As well it should.

LOL, Liu @ "Cheese, Gromit"

A cousin of mine used to work for NASA. My mother got to have a special behind-the-scenes tour when she was out there when my uncle died. She got to see stuff that regular visitors don't, but it was so long ago I can't remember the details.

There's a documentary being shown on the Science Chanel called, "First on the Moon: The Untold Story. The description says, "Most people don't know just how close Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong came to death on their historic voyage. Now, with the discovery of a lost tape, insight from top scientists, and previously unreleased documents, we present the untold story." I think this was shown a couple of years ago though, and they're re-running it. I'm pretty sure I've seen it.