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Topic: Lesson on Apollo reappears, rekindles awe
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43576
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-12-2007 09:14 AM
   
From The Oregonian:
Old lesson on Apollo 10 reappears, rekindles awe quote:
Two weeks ago, third-grade teacher Deborah Miller asked for help removing the two ratty green chalkboards that stretched across her classroom. After decades of use, the boards were smeared with tape marks and hard to read.What Miller found underneath was an unexpected treasure: a lesson, written on a blackboard, about a mission to space. From 1969. "Apollo 10 is on the way to the moon," it reads, in teacher-perfect lettering. "It has three astronauts aboard. They will look closely at the moon. They will splash down on Sunday." Since then, teachers and parents have streamed in to Room 125 at Hollyrood-Fernwood School to gaze at the board. Everyone reacts the same way -- their eyes widen, they say how cool it is, and, after some difficulty, remember where they were when the lunar module landed.
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Max Q
Member Posts: 399
From: Whyalla South Australia
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 09-12-2007 09:55 AM
Now thats one fine time capsule |
rocketJoe
Member Posts: 103
From: Huntsville, AL USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 09-12-2007 02:11 PM
Neat story. Wish there had been a picture of the chalk board along with the article. |
star61
Member Posts: 294
From: Bristol UK
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 09-13-2007 11:46 AM
I've no idea where i was when the Apollo 10 lunar module "landed" ;-) Phil |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 09-13-2007 12:12 PM
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Since then, teachers and parents have streamed in to Room 125 at Hollyrood-Fernwood School to gaze at the board.
Hmmmm...almost like seeing the Virgin Mary on a dirt splattered wall!  |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3160
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-15-2007 08:53 AM
This story prompted me to dig out a folder of press cuttings, whole newspaper pages and magazines covering Apollo 11. I found what I was looking for: a few pages of cheap notepaper torn from an exercise book. The handwriting is what you would expect of an excited 14-year-old writing in semi-darkness without actually looking at the page (because he was looking at the TV!). But the words, in blue ballpoint, are clear:"Given GO for landing...full thrust...46,500 feet, closest ever to Moon...2,000 feet...Armstrong manual control...men very cool...TOUCHDOWN (9.18 approx)...landing looks OK...TRANQU. BASE - EAGLE HAS LANDED - Arms. first sentence from Moon...55 seconds late...command to stay given..." Back in 2007 the hairs are standing up on the back of my neck. I suspect that long-forgotten school lesson had the same effect for many of the people who saw it. | |
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