And 40 years ago ... You saw?

Monica Lewinsky · 07-16-09, 10:34 PM

40 years they launched TODAY and got there on July, 20, 1969.

Then they got out and did amazing things. Kinda like a cartoon, but well done. No sense looking at it again for the 1,000th time with actual film. Music is GREAT!

I was a freshman in high school at the time and was at a campground with my dad and my uncle. It was amazing at 3:00 p.m. everyone at the campground stopped what they were doing and cranked up their radio[s] to listen to the landing. Get real, at that time no one dragged a 21" B&W TV to a campground in 1969. Are they gonna make it ... or die?

That day reminds me of the Kennedy assassination. I can remember EVERY moment of what I was doing and where I was at.

We packed up the tent and raced home [into Chicago at that time] and got home in time to be 20 minutes ahead of Neal's planned opening of the hatch and watched it on horrible B&W TV. At that time only the rich had color TV sets. Did't matter the transmission was in B&W!

I can remember at our house dad/mom gathering everyone [about 30 people] saying "shut up and listen & watch. This is history being made".

And I lived it. It was beautiful.

Beats what is happening NOW.

07-16-09, 10:34 PM	#1
Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	And 40 years ago ... You saw? 40 years they launched TODAY and got there on July, 20, 1969. Then they got out and did amazing things. Kinda like a cartoon, but well done. No sense looking at it again for the 1,000th time with actual film. Music is GREAT! I was a freshman in high school at the time and was at a campground with my dad and my uncle. It was amazing at 3:00 p.m. everyone at the campground stopped what they were doing and cranked up their radio[s] to listen to the landing. Get real, at that time no one dragged a 21" B&W TV to a campground in 1969. Are they gonna make it ... or die? That day reminds me of the Kennedy assassination. I can remember EVERY moment of what I was doing and where I was at. We packed up the tent and raced home [into Chicago at that time] and got home in time to be 20 minutes ahead of Neal's planned opening of the hatch and watched it on horrible B&W TV. At that time only the rich had color TV sets. Did't matter the transmission was in B&W! I can remember at our house dad/mom gathering everyone [about 30 people] saying "shut up and listen & watch. This is history being made". And I lived it. It was beautiful. Beats what is happening NOW. __________________ Sink them all!