Re: Moon Landing

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

I remember it very well I was a young teen watching it on the huge black and white TV in my parents living room in the Bronx

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@50Mickey Yes, I can never forget how exciting it was and happened on my 21st birthday!!

PamfromCT · ‎05-22-2014

Yes, I certainly remember!

My DH was hired to work on this program, first job out of grad school. It was a shock when President Kennedy announced our goal was to put a man on the moon in ten years!

So many people worked long and hard to accomplish this goal. My DH and many others worked on the back pack, designed to keep the astronauts alive on the moon's surface.
Yes, computers were in their infancy, and my DH likes to tell people so much work was done with a "slide rule." And he still has his slide rule.

It was a challenging time, but you can never top the teamwork that made this event happen. My DH is well into

his 80s now and still excited about this achievement. We had met in this workplace, married, and had just bought our first house when this wonderful event happened.

While time has taken so many of these Apollo scientists and engineers, my DH is active and doing quite well for his age, I do think! He still has the car he bought when he was hired for his first job and is active in a car club that sponsors events to raise money for charities. He is a wonderful husband and father and grandfather.