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Old July 20th 03, 06:43 PM
Bob Ingraham
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Default Moon landing anniversary

Thirty-four years ago today, On July 20, 1969, Commander Armstrong and
fellow astronaut Edwin Aldrin successfully touched down on the lunar
surface. As Armstrong became the first person to step the Moon's surface, he
spoke the unforgettable phrase, "That's one small step for man; one giant
leap for mankind". There has always been some controversy over whether he
meant to say "a man" or just "man".

He and Aldrin explored the Moon's surface for 2.5 hours. Armstrong was
awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his
accomplishments and his contributions to the space program.

Susan and I were living in Columbia, Missouri then, where I was finishing my
degree in journalism. We were riveted to our black-and-white TV through the
entire process, from the separation of the Lunar Lander, through the
hair-raising last moments of the landing (they had only 30 seconds of fuel
left), the long six hours before Neil Armstrong exited the spacecraft, and
then the breathtaking first step onto the moon.

Less than two months after that momentous day, on September 9, 1969, the
U.S. Post Office had issued a large pictorial stamp showing Armstrong's
first step onto the lunar surface:
http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/stepmoon.jpg.

Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong spent several hours on the moon before
blasting back into space to rendevous with Michael Collins, who was obiting
the moon as commander of Apollo 11. Collins must have had the lonliest job
in the world during those hours. And if the Lunar Module had malfunctioned
on the moon's surface, Armstgrong and Aldrin would have been more surely
marooned than anyone in history. Rescue would have been impossible.

There is a small personal chapter in the saga of the moon landing. Before we
were married, Susan had a summer job in the typing pool at Ryan Aeronautical
in San Diego. Ryan (the company that had designed and built Lindbergh's
Spirit of St. Louis) had the contract to design the landing legs for what
was then called the Lunar Excursion Module, or LEM. Some public relations
type, or perhaps a politician, decided that the "Excursion" part of the name
had to go, and Susan's job that summer consisted primarily of whiting out
the words "Lunar Excursion Module" and "LEM" on engineering documents and
typing in the words "Lunar Module" and "LM," a job that could be done with a
few keystrokes today. She says that she used an electric typewriter with in
interchangeable "type ball," probably an IBM selectric. One of the balls was
used for engineering symbols. In any event, my wife helped get Neil
Armstrong on the moon! :^)




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Old July 20th 03, 09:28 PM
David F.
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Thirty-four years ago today, On July 20, 1969, Commander Armstrong and
fellow astronaut Edwin Aldrin successfully touched down on the lunar
surface. As Armstrong became the first person to step the Moon's surface, he
spoke the unforgettable phrase, "That's one small step for man; one giant
leap for mankind". There has always been some controversy over whether he
meant to say "a man" or just "man".

He and Aldrin explored the Moon's surface for 2.5 hours. Armstrong was
awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his
accomplishments and his contributions to the space program.

Susan and I were living in Columbia, Missouri then, where I was finishing my
degree in journalism. We were riveted to our black-and-white TV through the
entire process, from the separation of the Lunar Lander, through the
hair-raising last moments of the landing (they had only 30 seconds of fuel
left), the long six hours before Neil Armstrong exited the spacecraft, and
then the breathtaking first step onto the moon.

Less than two months after that momentous day, on September 9, 1969, the
U.S. Post Office had issued a large pictorial stamp showing Armstrong's
first step onto the lunar surface:
http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/stepmoon.jpg.

Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong spent several hours on the moon before
blasting back into space to rendevous with Michael Collins, who was obiting
the moon as commander of Apollo 11. Collins must have had the lonliest job
in the world during those hours. And if the Lunar Module had malfunctioned
on the moon's surface, Armstgrong and Aldrin would have been more surely
marooned than anyone in history. Rescue would have been impossible.

There is a small personal chapter in the saga of the moon landing. Before we
were married, Susan had a summer job in the typing pool at Ryan Aeronautical
in San Diego. Ryan (the company that had designed and built Lindbergh's
Spirit of St. Louis) had the contract to design the landing legs for what
was then called the Lunar Excursion Module, or LEM. Some public relations
type, or perhaps a politician, decided that the "Excursion" part of the name
had to go, and Susan's job that summer consisted primarily of whiting out
the words "Lunar Excursion Module" and "LEM" on engineering documents and
typing in the words "Lunar Module" and "LM," a job that could be done with a
few keystrokes today. She says that she used an electric typewriter with in
interchangeable "type ball," probably an IBM selectric. One of the balls was
used for engineering symbols. In any event, my wife helped get Neil
Armstrong on the moon! :^)


A great reminder of those pioneering days - and I remember it so well! As a boy
of almost 13 (oops - the truth is out!) I spent every spare moment watching those
fuzzy monochrome images. I even recorded every word on an old valve reel-to-reel
tape recorder (no Videos then!).

As for the USA Stamp (nice!) issued on 09/09/1969......
How did they know it was my 13th. Birthday?

David ~{ 8-)



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Old July 21st 03, 12:02 AM
Shell91
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I remember staying up to watch the landing I was 10

We had a connection to the landing, my uncle worked for NASA (still does)
and sent us pictures of the moon that were passed out to employees.
Unfortunately after several moves the pictures got lost (rats rats rats).
I've visited NASA several times both before the Space Center was built and
after. Before was better, you could walk around some of the facility and go
in the cafeteria and a small gift shop, now everything is escorted and you
take a cart for most of the tour.

Mission control is TINY looks huge on TV but its about the size of my
living room.

I did get into the Director's Show, the art exhibit the have every year, (3
paintings)
back in the late 80's. Unfortunately my car had a breakdown and I didn't
get to go to the reception. Didn't have the security clearance to go see
the exhibit later either

A couple of my most prized covers are the ones I have for John Glenn's trips
up.

Shell


"Bob Ingraham" wrote in message
...
Thirty-four years ago today, On July 20, 1969, Commander Armstrong and
fellow astronaut Edwin Aldrin successfully touched down on the lunar
surface. As Armstrong became the first person to step the Moon's surface,

he
spoke the unforgettable phrase, "That's one small step for man; one giant
leap for mankind". There has always been some controversy over whether he
meant to say "a man" or just "man".

He and Aldrin explored the Moon's surface for 2.5 hours. Armstrong was
awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his
accomplishments and his contributions to the space program.

Susan and I were living in Columbia, Missouri then, where I was finishing

my
degree in journalism. We were riveted to our black-and-white TV through

the
entire process, from the separation of the Lunar Lander, through the
hair-raising last moments of the landing (they had only 30 seconds of fuel
left), the long six hours before Neil Armstrong exited the spacecraft, and
then the breathtaking first step onto the moon.

Less than two months after that momentous day, on September 9, 1969, the
U.S. Post Office had issued a large pictorial stamp showing Armstrong's
first step onto the lunar surface:
http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/stepmoon.jpg.

Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong spent several hours on the moon before
blasting back into space to rendevous with Michael Collins, who was

obiting
the moon as commander of Apollo 11. Collins must have had the lonliest job
in the world during those hours. And if the Lunar Module had malfunctioned
on the moon's surface, Armstgrong and Aldrin would have been more surely
marooned than anyone in history. Rescue would have been impossible.

There is a small personal chapter in the saga of the moon landing. Before

we
were married, Susan had a summer job in the typing pool at Ryan

Aeronautical
in San Diego. Ryan (the company that had designed and built Lindbergh's
Spirit of St. Louis) had the contract to design the landing legs for what
was then called the Lunar Excursion Module, or LEM. Some public relations
type, or perhaps a politician, decided that the "Excursion" part of the

name
had to go, and Susan's job that summer consisted primarily of whiting out
the words "Lunar Excursion Module" and "LEM" on engineering documents and
typing in the words "Lunar Module" and "LM," a job that could be done with

a
few keystrokes today. She says that she used an electric typewriter with

in
interchangeable "type ball," probably an IBM selectric. One of the balls

was
used for engineering symbols. In any event, my wife helped get Neil
Armstrong on the moon! :^)






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Old July 21st 03, 01:46 AM
Dave Kent
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Neil Armstrong got the best of the bureaucrats who wanted to change Lunar
Excursion Module to just Lunar Module. Listen to the tape -- when he climbed
down the ladder he first stepped on the footpad. When he was ready to make that
historic first step into moondust, he said to Mission control "I'm going to
step off the LEM now."
Armstrong's first words from the surface of the moon weren't scripted by NASA,
they was his own words. Regardless of what he may have actually said, clearly
he meant to say "...A man...." Think it over -- the sentence doesn't make sense
if you leave out the "a."
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Old July 21st 03, 03:51 AM
Tracy Barber
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 23:30:49 GMT, Bob Ingraham
wrote:

From: "David F."
Newsgroups: rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:28:24 +0100
Subject: Moon landing anniversary

Thirty-four years ago today, On July 20, 1969, Commander Armstrong and
fellow astronaut Edwin Aldrin successfully touched down on the lunar
surface. As Armstrong became the first person to step the Moon's surface, he
spoke the unforgettable phrase, "That's one small step for man; one giant
leap for mankind". There has always been some controversy over whether he
meant to say "a man" or just "man".snip


A great reminder of those pioneering days - and I remember it so well! As a
boy
of almost 13 (oops - the truth is out!) I spent every spare moment watching
those
fuzzy monochrome images. I even recorded every word on an old valve
reel-to-reel
tape recorder (no Videos then!).

As for the USA Stamp (nice!) issued on 09/09/1969......
How did they know it was my 13th. Birthday?

David ~{ 8-)


A wonderful, nostalgic film about the first lunar landing, from an
Australian point of view, is The Dish. To quote from Amazon.com, "it's a
true story about the small group of men working at a satellite dish in a
remote section of Australia who, in July 1969, played a major part in
helping to transmit the first live images of a man walking on the moon."

It's got some good science in it, including a snafu that nearly resulted in
us *not* seeing live images of the first moonwalk. There are some great
comedic moments too. All in all, it lives up to what I have come to expect
from Australian films, all of which Hollywood should emulate. Maybe there
are bad Aussie films, but I haven't yet seen one. The Dish is readily
available in video rental places here in Vancouver, in both DVD and VHS.


Stick around. If you look, you can find plenty of Aussie plot /
filmed movies that are the dregs.

Tracy Barber
 




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