I was 14, watching our 19" B&W TV in the family room. Walter Cronkite was crying. I'd never before seen a news anchor cry. Later that evening I went outside and looked up at the Moon. There were people there. I'd looked at the Moon through my (badly) homemade 3" reflector a thousand times, but now when I looked at it, there were people there. That was why Cronkite was crying. Seth -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Holmes Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 4:15 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Neil Armstrong has died Something else I didn't realize until now...there's only 2 of the original Mercury 7 still alive. Dan On Aug 25, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> wrote:
Wow. When they said Obama was going to kill the space program, they weren't kidding!
I didn't get to see it, it was still pretty dark where I was. Don't think there was a TV there either. But I did see the recreation of it at Kennedy Space Center about 10 years ago, I got pretty choked up when I heard Cronkite's voice start cracking when they were waiting to hear back from the first orbit to the far side. And really sat on the edge of my seat as Eagle kept losing radio contact and the computers kept resetting. Pretty tense times, that's for sure.
Dan
On Aug 25, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Steve Fisher <iotacass1@hotmail.com> wrote:
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego California, Platoon 2029 Ooh rah!
From: davegary@me.com Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:46:19 -0600 To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Neil Armstrong has died
Where were you when Armstrong stepped on Moon? My eyes were fixed on the old Motorola black-and-white in the family living room. Great TV, vacuum tubes and all. Doubled as a nice accent to the room. Sometimes had to move the leaves from in front of the screen. Mom had set a big plant on top of it. Try to do that with the big-screen TVs of today. Water lightly.
Dave
On Aug 25, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
It is sad. How many have we lost?
________________________________ From: Steve Fisher <iotacass1@hotmail.com> To: "utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Neil Armstrong has died
Sad news.
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:33:53 -0600 From: starsbirdsglyphs@gmail.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Neil Armstrong has died
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57500382/neil-armstrong-1st-ma n-on-the-moon-dead-at-82/
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