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OnDaFence 36M/44M
44267 posts
7/19/2018 7:49 pm

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7/20/2018 7:14 pm

Moon Day



Moon Day celebrates the anniversary of the day in 1969 when mankind first walked on the Moon. While many of us weren't born yet those who were probably ahve the images engraved in their memory. The Apollo space program had begun under the Eisenhower administration, but a tightened focus on placing a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s occurred.



After President John F. Kennedy gave a speech before a joint session of Congress, on May 25, 1961, during which he said, "I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth." This speech was given in the context of the Cold War, when the United States was still behind the Soviet Union in the space race but wanted to beat them in landing a man on the Moon.



On July 16, 1969, at 9:32 am Eastern standard time, three astronauts launched into space, from Launch Complex 39A at Cape Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew of Apollo 11 consisted of Neil Armstrong—the mission's commander, as well as Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins. Their spacecraft, powered by a 363 foot Saturn V rocket, reached the Earth's orbit in about 12 minutes. After orbiting Earth one and a half times, the astronauts were given the go-ahead to begin heading to the Moon. Three days later, on July 19, they reached the lunar orbit, after going about 240,000 miles in 76 hours.



Collins stayed in the command module,Columbia, while Aldrin and Armstrong went into the lunar module, Eagle. At 1:46 pm on July 20, the Eagle detached from the command module, and two hours later it began its descent. With only 30 seconds of fuel left, the module touched down on the Moon at 4:18 pm, on what became known as Tranquility Base, in the southwestern edge of the Sea of Tranquility. Armstrong spoke to mission control (located in Houston, Texas), saying "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."



At 10:39 pm, the module's hatch was opened, and 17 minutes later, over half a billion people watched on television as Neil Armstrong climbed down the ladder and became the first human to plant his foot on the Moon. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind," he proclaimed. Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later, and described the Moon's surface as "magnificent desolation." They collected samples, did scientific tests, and took photographs. They planted an American flag, left behind a patch that honored those who perished in Apollo 1, and left a plaque that said, "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind." They even received a phone call from President Nixon. At 1:11 am they were back in the lunar module, and then spent the night sleeping on the Moon's surface.



The following afternoon, the lunar module made its way back to the command module, docking there at 5:35 pm. All three astronauts began their journey back to Earth at 12:56 am on July 22. They splashed down southwest of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean, at 1250 pm on July 24.



OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/19/2018 7:54 pm

Ten more astronauts made it to the Moon after them, as part of five more landings—Apollo's 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/19/2018 7:54 pm

Apollo 13 would have been a landing as well, but it had to be aborted.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/19/2018 7:55 pm

Gene Cernan, the last Apollo astronaut to stand on Moon, said as he left, "We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace, and hope for all mankind."


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/19/2018 7:56 pm

The last manned Moon mission took place in December 1972.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/19/2018 8:10 pm

    Quoting  :

I CAN DO SEX!!!! Just there's usually plenty of that to go round in here and it's fun jogging the memories or instilling new ones.


battle34me 108M
419 posts
7/19/2018 9:27 pm

well i was a tender age at that time and i do remember his mankind statement, even as a little kid i was amazed at watching a man on the moon! now a days the only moon i want to see is on a hott man! lol


Hungr4Yungr 75M
5766 posts
7/19/2018 9:49 pm

I remember the first man on the moon very well. TV picture was very grainy black and white, but you could make out the men in their space suits and the lunar lander. Neil Armstrong's words were somewhat garbled and difficult to understand, but mission control translated them. I was 20 years old at the time, and attending university. It was definitely a defining moment in US history.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/20/2018 7:09 pm

    Quoting battle34me:
    well i was a tender age at that time and i do remember his mankind statement, even as a little kid i was amazed at watching a man on the moon! now a days the only moon i want to see is on a hott man! lol
YOU have been around Old BiBBz way too much Joshie!!!


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/20/2018 7:12 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    I remember the first man on the moon very well. TV picture was very grainy black and white, but you could make out the men in their space suits and the lunar lander. Neil Armstrong's words were somewhat garbled and difficult to understand, but mission control translated them. I was 20 years old at the time, and attending university. It was definitely a defining moment in US history.
Our society is lacking goals which I attribute to the lack of an "enemy" or adversary from the Cold War era. Maybe we can regain the focus by building a wall on the Southern border.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

7/20/2018 7:14 pm

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Now that is worthy of a blog... even just a few pictures and short explanation.