Saturn V assembly photos!

vienna · 07-17-14, 12:00 PM

I was 18 at the time. It was an interesting couple of years around that time. I remember watching the landing and thinking how proud JFK would have been to see the moment. Then I thought about RFK, MLK, the still raging Vietnam War, Nixon starting his rush to infamy, and all the other chaos on this little blue marble. For that moment, I wondered if Aldrin, Collins, and Armstrong would really wish to come back to all this after seeing the glories of the universe...

BTW, the only non-entertainment star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is in honor of the moon landing:

In fact, there are four identical star plaques on the Walk, one each on the four separate corners of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. The only other recipient of four stars is the singing cowboy, Gene Autry, who was a big financial supporter of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, who administers and authorizes the stars. Interestingly, when Reagan died, I thought they would spruce up or upgrade his star since he was the first and only actor/President. However, his star remains as it always was with no embellishments. For a long time, about a couple of years, the star was located in front of one of the few store fronts that were vacant on Hollywood Boulevard. Also, his star is not for achievements in film but, rather, for his work as the host of a TV anthology series "Death Valley Days" on which he never acted...

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07-17-14, 12:00 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,718 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I was 18 at the time. It was an interesting couple of years around that time. I remember watching the landing and thinking how proud JFK would have been to see the moment. Then I thought about RFK, MLK, the still raging Vietnam War, Nixon starting his rush to infamy, and all the other chaos on this little blue marble. For that moment, I wondered if Aldrin, Collins, and Armstrong would really wish to come back to all this after seeing the glories of the universe... BTW, the only non-entertainment star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is in honor of the moon landing: In fact, there are four identical star plaques on the Walk, one each on the four separate corners of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. The only other recipient of four stars is the singing cowboy, Gene Autry, who was a big financial supporter of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, who administers and authorizes the stars. Interestingly, when Reagan died, I thought they would spruce up or upgrade his star since he was the first and only actor/President. However, his star remains as it always was with no embellishments. For a long time, about a couple of years, the star was located in front of one of the few store fronts that were vacant on Hollywood Boulevard. Also, his star is not for achievements in film but, rather, for his work as the host of a TV anthology series "Death Valley Days" on which he never acted... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __