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heng44 | A view of Apollo 14 on the night before launch, January 1971. The next day this giant rocket would launch three men on a journey to the moon. It was a great time to be alive and I never get tired of looking at photos like this. |
Rick Mulheirn | Stunning and evocative in equal measure. |
garymilgrom | Beautiful Ed. And your words ring true too. |
Ronpur | So true, Ed. And what a sexy rocket! |
Ian Limbrey | Photos like this need no words to state what an exciting era it was back then! |
mach3valkyrie | Beautiful, just beautiful. |
Tom | Fantastic, Ed. So lucky to have seen one of those (13) magnificent machines fly from KSC... Apollo 15, 45 years ago this week! |
MarylandSpace | Majestic was the first word that came to mind.
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Jurg Bolli | I agree, just marvelous! |
Fra Mauro | A photo of a Saturn V on the launchpad always beings out the feeling of awe inside me. |
ejectr | I think this one is a bit special with the only Original 7 astronaut on it, going to the moon. From the first to fly to space for the USA on the tip of a rocket, to the moon. Doesn't get much better than that. |
Kite | I agree with ejectr that it was good a Mercury astronaut was able to walk on the Moon. Despite all the maneuvering by Al Shepard to get the command after his disappointment at being grounded for so long, and the risk of his operation for Meniere's disease, I think he deserved it, but still feel Gordo Cooper was hard done by as well. Great photo Ed. |
spaceheaded | Strangely, in this photo the 'machine' on the right appears nearly as stunning as the one on the left. |
SBIV-B | I had the good fortune to see Apollo 14 in person in the VAB when the tour I went on in summer 1970 stopped right outside the VAB door. It was being assembled if I remember correctly but I will never forget that sight and that tour! |
Jonnyed | In the fall I go into the local 6th grade science classes here in my local school district and I teach a session on energy and physics. I love to juxtapose a beautiful photo like this one right next to a photo of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903. I specifically point out to the youngsters that it was a mere 66 years between Kitty Hawk and walking on the moon! The human intellect (and this American nation!) is an amazing thing when it chooses to be focused and rise to the challenge. A mere 66 years! |