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This was the event, really. I was nine at the time, following closely with a decent grasp of the involved mechanics. For riveting wonder and excitement, nothing
by interfixus 8y ago
This was the event, really.
I was nine at the time, following closely with a decent grasp of the involved mechanics. For riveting wonder and excitement, nothing beat Apollo 8. Not Armstrong, not anything, this was it. Noone ever set off for the Moon before, and noone ever rode a Saturn V for that matter.
All those who didn't live the sixties and their boundless can-do optimism: Envy those of us who did.
They didnt stream highres from space in those days. That photo had to wait until some days after landing.
It was worth the wait.
[Written on train, excuse typos and shakiness]
- protomyth 8y agoAll those who didn't live the sixties and their boundless can-do optimism: Envy those of us who did. For a rather large chunk of American the 60's weren't boundlessly optimistic. Quite the opposite really starting with the Cuban Missile Crisis and ending in Vietnam.
- hueving 8y agoWhether you chose to be pessimistic or optimistic during that time was up to you and your social circle. For those that were optimistic, there was a lot of technological advances to be optimistic about. Moon landings became boring during that timeframe!
- protomyth 8y agoWhether you chose to be pessimistic or optimistic during that time was up to you and your social circle. I think it had more to do with body bags and danger than to social circle. It was a bit of privelage to be optimistic.