40th Anniversary

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Snuggs09 Livingston, New Jersey USA

Thu Jul 9, 2009 10:59 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

40th anniversary of lunar landing

A small step for an astronaut became a great leap for mankind on July 20, 1969.

Dig into your memory and share your images and thoughts of what you felt when you saw the module land on the moon.

Did you doodle and dream about going into space when you were a kid?

What is the significance of going to the moon and should we do it again.

Where were you when Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon?

I had set my alarm clock so I could get up at 4:00 a.m. to watch it. I was 40 years old at the time and really didn't appreciate what was happening.

I'm still curious if the flag is still there.

vonney Dublin, Dublin Ireland

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:01 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

I was to young to know what was happening, though if I did I would think same as I do now....what a waste of money that could be doing so much more.

caspatch galena, Missouri USA

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:02 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

Snuggs09: 40th anniversary of lunar landing A small step for an astronaut became a great leap for mankind on July 20, 1969.

Dig into your memory and share your images and thoughts of what you felt when you saw the module land on the moon.

Did you doodle and dream about going into space when you were a kid?

What is the significance of going to the moon and should we do it again.

Where were you when Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon?
I had set my alarm clock so I could get up at 4:00 a.m. to watch it. I was 40 years old at the time and really didn't appreciate what was happening.

I'm still curious if the flag is still there.

you look good for being 80

had to catch the typo snuggs,

Sommerauer71 Salzburg, Salzburg Austria

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:03 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

caspatch: you look good for being 80 had to catch the typo snuggs,

I had to a double take on that one too Cas and welcome back by the way.

Snuggs09 Livingston, New Jersey USA

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:06 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

caspatch: you look good for being 80 had to catch the typo snuggs,

Uh oh.

I'm 67.......today. Back then I was 27. Did I get it right?

USThumper Central Square, New York USA

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:11 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

Snuggs09: 40th anniversary of lunar landing A small step for an astronaut became a great leap for mankind on July 20, 1969.

Dig into your memory and share your images and thoughts of what you felt when you saw the module land on the moon.

Did you doodle and dream about going into space when you were a kid?

What is the significance of going to the moon and should we do it again.

Where were you when Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon?
I had set my alarm clock so I could get up at 4:00 a.m. to watch it. I was 40 years old at the time and really didn't appreciate what was happening.

I'm still curious if the flag is still there.

I was in the middle of basic training, so I didnt get to watch it. At that time of the morning, we were running.

RDM59 Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland UK

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:13 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

What were you saying earlier about dementia Snuggs ...

I was 9 at the time, don't really remember much except getting a big telling off from my father for disturbing him while watching it on TV.
I was nearly kicked into orbit also....

caspatch galena, Missouri USA

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:15 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

Sommerauer71: I had to a double take on that one too Cas and welcome back by the way.

thanks glad to be back tough sitting on side lines and not being able to post

starshinebright Riverside, California USA

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:15 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

RDM59: What were you saying earlier about dementia Snuggs ...

I was 9 at the time, don't really remember much except getting a big telling off from my father for disturbing him while watching it on TV.
I was nearly kicked into orbit also....

RDM59 Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland UK

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:16 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

caspatch: thanks glad to be back tough sitting on side lines and not being able to post

Hi Cas ...... welcome back

Snuggs09 Livingston, New Jersey USA

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:17 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

RDM59: What were you saying earlier about dementia Snuggs ...

I was 9 at the time, don't really remember much except getting a big telling off from my father for disturbing him while watching it on TV.
I was nearly kicked into orbit also....

I definitely have dementia......I try to forget that I'm at work but the crap keeps piling on my desk.

Do you think your father was right to put so much importance on watching the moon landing vs. paying attention to you?

caspatch galena, Missouri USA

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:18 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

RDM59: Hi Cas ...... welcome back

druidess6308 Reverse, Pennsylvania USA

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:26 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

I was only 5, so I really don't remember it from when it happened, just from later showings of the footage.

RDM59 Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland UK

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:29 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

Snuggs09: I definitely have dementia......I try to forget that I'm at work but the crap keeps piling on my desk.

Do you think your father was right to put so much importance on watching the moon landing vs. paying attention to you?

Oh yes, it was such an important event, but not to me at that time.

I exaggerate about my Dad, he was a wonderful and gentle man, he never hit me once. But of course I was such a little

wasn't I.

Snuggs09 Livingston, New Jersey USA

Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:42 AM CST : 40th Anniversary

Well now I really feel like an 'ol foggie.

I'm the only one old enough to have seen it when it happened

RDM59 Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland UK

Thu Jul 9, 2009 12:35 PM CST : 40th Anniversary

Snuggs09: Well now I really feel like an 'ol foggie.I'm the only one old enough to have seen it when it happened

I had set my alarm clock so I could get up at 4:00 a.m. to watch it. I was 40 years old at the time and really didn't appreciate what was happening.

So you would have been 27 then Snuggs, and you say you didn't appreciate it really ? Were you a married woman at that time Snuggs, and a mum ?

I'm still curious if the flag is still there.

As far as I am aware it is. Who would have gone up there to steel it ?

caspatch galena, Missouri USA

Thu Jul 9, 2009 12:39 PM CST : 40th Anniversary

Snuggs09: Well now I really feel like an 'ol foggie.

I'm the only one old enough to have seen it when it happened

nope saw it and marked down as witnessing history, just like 9-11 or the bombing at the olympics

dirko63 brussels, Brussels (Bruxelles) Belgium

Thu Jul 9, 2009 12:42 PM CST : 40th Anniversary

Too young to realise what was going on

I can only remember the potty landing

Snuggs09 Livingston, New Jersey USA

Thu Jul 9, 2009 12:42 PM CST : 40th Anniversary

RDM59: I had set my alarm clock so I could get up at 4:00 a.m. to watch it. I was 40 years old at the time and really didn't appreciate what was happening.So you would have been 27 then Snuggs, and you say you didn't appreciate it really ? Were you a married woman at that time Snuggs, and a mum ?

I'm still curious if the flag is still there.

As far as I am aware it is. Who would have gone up there to steel it ?

Yes, I was 27 and a mother of a 4 year old little girl and had just separated from my husband.

Truth is, I didn't watch it because it was a history making event. I watched it because of all the press about it.

When I was young, I had no interest at all in anything but raising my daughter and dating. I never watched the news or read the newspaper. I didn't even watch news on the TV.

I said I wondered if the flag was still there because I thought it may have fallen down and blown away but that was stupid of me

because there isn't any wind on the moon.

gingerb Letterkenny, Donegal Ireland

Thu Jul 9, 2009 12:43 PM CST : 40th Anniversary

I watched it and didn't believe it. Thought it looked fake. Wondered what all the fuss was about. Bunch of men jumping about and raising dust.

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