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Jorn 03-10-2019 08:39 PM
Apollo 11
 
If you have the chance this week do yourself a favour and go see Apollo 11 in the theatre, some beautiful never seen 70mm film footage, absolut breathtaking.

Never realised that it took over 400.000 people to get three on the moon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Co8Z8BQgWc

davidmash 03-10-2019 09:16 PM
It was a massive undertaking. Hard to believe what they were able to accomplish with drafting board and a slide rule. Then again, the Egyptians and other cultures were able to accomplish quite a bit with far less than that.

Several years ago we went down to Houston and visited the Johnson Space Center. Got to see the original mission control where Gene Kranz ran the show. They also have the actual Apollo 17 Saturn V disassembled and laying on its side. Never realized how big that thing was. Seeing it up close really brings it home.

Botnst 03-10-2019 10:48 PM
I agree concerning standing next to the Saturn.

t walgamuth 03-10-2019 11:40 PM
A wonderful movie too!

Jorn 03-11-2019 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by davidmash (Post 3898806)
It was a massive undertaking. Hard to believe what they were able to accomplish with drafting board and a slide rule. Then again, the Egyptians and other cultures were able to accomplish quite a bit with far less than that.

Several years ago we went down to Houston and visited the Johnson Space Center. Got to see the original mission control where Gene Kranz ran the show. They also have the actual Apollo 17 Saturn V disassembled and laying on its side. Never realized how big that thing was. Seeing it up close really brings it home.
Visited Johnson Space Center a couple of years ago when I was in Houston for work. And even that the size of Saturn is really impressive, what really impressed me is how small the capsule is. It's tiny.

HuskyMan 03-11-2019 08:34 PM
A special thank you to all the engineers and, of course, Werhner Von Bruan who inspired the Nazi V-1 and V2 rocket program which killed a lot of Londoners.....

Dubyagee 03-11-2019 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by HuskyMan (Post 3899168)
A special thank you to all the engineers and, of course, Werhner Von Bruan who inspired the Nazi V-1 and V2 rocket program which killed a lot of Londoners.....


“The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.” Wernher von Braun

rocky raccoon 03-11-2019 10:50 PM
I worked on one of the Apollo tracking ships, the USNS Vanguard. It is true that what was accomplished with relatively stone-age technology is amazing. We were all so proud of being part of it.

That sort of National endeavor is probably lost forever.


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