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heng44
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posted 07-15-2009 12:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Forty years ago today, the Apollo 11 crew was studying the last details in their flight-plan as they prepared for launch at KSC. Neil Armstrong appears to be concentrating on a document detailing the timeline for the mission.

Ed Hengeveld

ilbasso
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posted 07-15-2009 08:32 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ilbasso   Click Here to Email ilbasso     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Looking at the plans, trying to absorb them, while what's registering in his brain is, "Dear God, don't let me screw up! Dear God, don't let me screw up!..."

MCroft04
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posted 07-15-2009 09:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MCroft04   Click Here to Email MCroft04     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Lets see, Tab A goes into Slot A...

Max Q
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posted 07-15-2009 10:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Max Q   Click Here to Email Max Q     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Maybe, 'Light the Blue Touch Paper and stand back'...

Delta7
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posted 07-16-2009 09:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Delta7   Click Here to Email Delta7     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"That's one big step for a small man!" ...nah.

"As I step of the LEM, I take one huge leap forward for mankind!" ...nerts!

"President Kennedy we have arrived!"...

"How sweet it is!" ...great googly moogly, I need another cup of coffee!

randy
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posted 07-16-2009 10:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for randy   Click Here to Email randy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What have I got myself into?

paul prendergast
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posted 07-16-2009 10:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for paul prendergast   Click Here to Email paul prendergast     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Who is this Buzz Aldrin guy?

Saturn V
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posted 07-16-2009 12:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Saturn V     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"I gotta get a new job" zzzzzzzzzzzz

Apollo Redux
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posted 07-16-2009 05:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Apollo Redux   Click Here to Email Apollo Redux     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just goes to show, you are never too old to cram for a test.

Rob Joyner
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posted 07-17-2009 12:25 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rob Joyner   Click Here to Email Rob Joyner     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Man! Where can I get a cool shirt like that?!

robsouth
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posted 05-22-2010 08:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for robsouth     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Did Neil Armstrong ever pose for a similar photo to this one?

heng44
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posted 05-22-2010 09:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If he did I never saw it.

golddog
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posted 05-23-2010 03:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for golddog     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
On the cover of the paperback version of "first man" there is a photo of Armstrong in a similar pose.

heng44
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posted 05-23-2010 04:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'd sure like to see that. Could you make a scan or a photo?

mark plas
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posted 05-23-2010 03:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mark plas   Click Here to Email mark plas     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
And 41 years later yes we have a REAL space station and a president who is saying we are going to land on an asteroid one day.

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