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Topic: Photo of the week 245c (July 14, 2009)
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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-15-2009 12:18 AM
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 Member Posts: 1522 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 07-15-2009 08:32 AM
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 Member Posts: 1634 From: Smithfield, Me, USA Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 07-15-2009 09:01 PM
Lets see, Tab A goes into Slot A... |
Max Q Member Posts: 399 From: Whyalla South Australia Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 07-15-2009 10:32 PM
Maybe, 'Light the Blue Touch Paper and stand back'... |
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 07-16-2009 09:56 AM
"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 Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 07-16-2009 10:18 AM
What have I got myself into? |
paul prendergast Member Posts: 429 From: crawley west sussex UK Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 07-16-2009 10:27 AM
Who is this Buzz Aldrin guy? |
Saturn V Member Posts: 176 From: Golden, Colorado, USA Registered: Nov 2006
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posted 07-16-2009 12:39 PM
"I gotta get a new job" zzzzzzzzzzzz |
Apollo Redux Member Posts: 346 From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 07-16-2009 05:36 PM
Just goes to show, you are never too old to cram for a test. |
Rob Joyner Member Posts: 1308 From: GA, USA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 07-17-2009 12:25 AM
Man! Where can I get a cool shirt like that?! |
robsouth Member Posts: 769 From: West Midlands, UK Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 05-22-2010 08:34 AM
Did Neil Armstrong ever pose for a similar photo to this one? |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 05-22-2010 09:35 AM
If he did I never saw it. |
golddog Member Posts: 210 From: australia Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 05-23-2010 03:35 AM
On the cover of the paperback version of "first man" there is a photo of Armstrong in a similar pose. |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 05-23-2010 04:39 AM
I'd sure like to see that. Could you make a scan or a photo? |
mark plas Member Posts: 385 From: the Netherlands Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-23-2010 03:48 PM
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. |