Posted on 07/21/2019 5:03:31 AM PDT by C19fan
Lots of good programming about the Apollo program on TV. Always been a big fan of Apollo 8. First manned spacecraft to leave Earth orbit. The two iconic moments of the reading of Genesis on Christmas day and the Earthrise photograph. Despite what the nagging Left say today, the whole world, except perhaps the Soviet Union, celebrated Apollo 11. People all over the globe saw it as a human achievement.
That was a cool idea, and CHEAP.
Very cool.
Back in 1968, it was the buggy whip generation who had doubts that it really happened. In 2019, it seems to be the 35 and under crowd who call it a hoax. My instincts tell me that they can’t bring themselves to believe that something so great, awesome and amazing could have happened in a world where they had not yet existed.
I was there last night; they had three presentations at 8:30, 10:30 and 11:30. They projected the 363 foot Saturn rocket on the 555 foot Washington monument and during the taped presentations, showed it taking off, the capsule separation, landing on the moon, return to earth, etc. Had excerpts from JFK’s speech on getting to the moon by the end of the decade of the 1960s - probably his best speech. There were thousands there, burst into spontaneous applause several times, really wonderfully done for an amazing accomplishment. Extremely well done. They also had perhaps 20 tents where NASA and the Air and Space museums during the day had exhibits and live presentations.
Awesome idea and presentation!
I have been trying to get the VFW post to install one of those projectors to aim at the band stage, load it up with any images you want.
going to look for one of my laser effects projectors to take up there today. dirt cheap technology these days.
Man, I haven’t been downtown in years. I would have gone to this. :(
So envious of you getting to witness this. Hope they have a video for the rest of the nation! Thank you for sharing first hand experience!
Very cool.
The juxtaposition on the monument was a brilliant idea.
There are several 25-minute videos of the full event on YouTube. You can readily access them at no cost or bother by typing in youtube.com and you then search “Moon Landing Washington Monument” and you should get a choice of several for viewing on the web.
Take your pick, Mama! :)
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Moon+Landing+Washington+Monument
Vox: “Patriarchal Phallic symbol dedicated to slave-owner used to hold fascist rally to honor white supremacist colonization of celestial body”
Then the cameras and cameras went to Harlem, to a park, where a “soul concert” was going on. No one was “tuned in on portable radios, etc., and the crew interviewed a couple of guys watching various musicians.
One guy said he didn’t know anything about the moon landing but the concert was much more important to him, while another guy said he guessed it (the moon shot, landing and planting the flag) “it was good for the ‘science and math guys’ but had nothing to do with me’ or what he cared about like the soul music!”
I was blown away by some of the comments of people around the earth, one such was an older gentleman on the street in Paris, who had tears in his eyes, as did many guys in Tokyo, yet on the streets of New York, a soul concert was considered as having more meaning in his life, than this never before considered possible event!
LOL!!
Just ... wow ...!!!
We watched the moon landing at my grandfather’s house and he did not believe it was real. He was born in 1888 and had a remote ranch in Colorado. By 1969 he had moved to town (population about 600) to be closer to doctors. He was still dealing with the idea of television. I think it was really hard for him to accept how far technology had come in his lifetime. Horse and buggy generation as you say.
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