Apollo 11's 40th anniversary - Page 4

innerSpaceman · 07-16-2009, 04:39 PM

Well, I typoed something. I meant VE-Day when I typed D-Day. From what I understand, everyone remembers where they were when they learned the war was over in Europe. That was, to most people, good news. My bad.

I don't think it's a matter of media not being able to "imprint" good news, but rather that things on the scale of imprint are usually not good at all.

Which makes the moon walk so much more fantastic. And I wish something else good on a similar scale would happen again during my lifetime.

€uroMeinke · 07-16-2009, 06:02 PM

I think more than the memories of watching the launch, landing, or splashdown - all of which I did - was the moment of wonder that spanned those events, being able to gaze into the night sky, look upon the face of the moon and think, someone is there - someday it could be me gazing back.

innerSpaceman · 07-16-2009, 08:32 PM

I think that's why I like the beginning of the movie Apollo 13 so much ... Jim Lovell looking at the moon while someone is there walking on it. I did that, too (as did millions). It was such a wonderment feeling. And I wasn't even headed there any time soon, like he was (or so he thought).

But the day of the first steps was imprinted very specifically. I remember almost everything I did that entire day. 40 freaking years ago. Wow.

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Well, I typoed something. I meant VE-Day when I typed D-Day. From what I understand, everyone remembers where they were when they learned the war was over in Europe. That was, to most people, good news. My bad. I don't think it's a matter of media not being able to "imprint" good news, but rather that things on the scale of imprint are usually not good at all. Which makes the moon walk so much more fantastic. And I wish something else good on a similar scale would happen again during my lifetime.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I think more than the memories of watching the launch, landing, or splashdown - all of which I did - was the moment of wonder that spanned those events, being able to gaze into the night sky, look upon the face of the moon and think, someone is there - someday it could be me gazing back. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I think that's why I like the beginning of the movie Apollo 13 so much ... Jim Lovell looking at the moon while someone is there walking on it. I did that, too (as did millions). It was such a wonderment feeling. And I wasn't even headed there any time soon, like he was (or so he thought). But the day of the first steps was imprinted very specifically. I remember almost everything I did that entire day. 40 freaking years ago. Wow.
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