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To: BigFreakinToad

Well, what have we here. NewBee

I personally know an Astronaut. He walked on the Moon. He is a geologist. He still lives in NM. I lived in the same town with him. His mother was a friend of my wife at church. My wife volunteered to help in his re-election campaign for Senate.

I’ve been a Ham Radio operator for 45 years (Extra Class and hold GROL Commercial). I listened to the up/down links the the Apollo Missions on the local Ham repeater via the Cactus Net, from CA to NM. It was neat to set a handi talkie on the table in a restaurant and see the looks on people faces as JPL broadcast it live.

I knew a lot of engineers and several physicists who worked at the labs in NM. (WSMAR, RATSCAT, Holloman AFB, Kirkland AFB , NMSU, ++)

Me family (here in Texas) had a local friend who worked for NASA in Houston for many many years.

There is no question that there are animated illustrations in some cases for illustration on NASA websites for explanations. But the missions were real and the astronauts actually went where they say they did. I have a lot of Apollo memorabilia that I bought at a Republican Party Auction where I lived in NM.

Anything else? Is Pure BS!


70 posted on 11/29/2023 10:25:20 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Texas Fossil

That is so cool. To listen that live would have been awesome.
But, this is America and people are free to be a diluted and stupid as they want.


137 posted on 11/29/2023 12:24:10 PM PST by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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