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I think the day we send people to Mars, never mind the fact I'm living in Europe, I'll take a holiday and flight to see that rocket take off... I already misse

I think the day we send people to Mars, never mind the fact I'm living in Europe, I'll take a holiday and flight to see that rocket take off... I already missed the Saturn V going to the moon (wasn't born), there aren't that many positive, predictable historical moments like that in a life time

jacquesm 9y ago
> I already missed the Saturn V going to the moon (wasn't born), there aren't that many positive, predictable historical moments like that in a life time I was 4 years old when that happened and it is as far as I can tell my earliest memory. We had this incredibly small black-and-white TV and watching that really impressed me, the moon never looked the same afterwards. Incidentally, that live broadcast was quite a thing to pull off: https://www.popsci.com/how-nasa-broadcast-neil-armstrong-live-from-moon https://www.popsci.com/how-nasa-broadcast-neil-armstrong-liv...
- icc97 9y ago
  My daughter is 5yo for this launch, here's hoping this can have a similar impact.
  - jacquesm 9y ago
    Did she like it?
    - icc97 9y ago
      She was more interested in the animation than the launch. Overall a bit underwhelmed, slightly intruiged by the launch but not much more. She's not quite sure why daddy is so excited that there's a car floating around in space. I clearly need to work on her inner space geek.