tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4542599800890897459..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: 50 Years Ago TonightSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-86955974562422622302018-12-23T16:09:57.640-05:002018-12-23T16:09:57.640-05:00Sad to say, but I think we were living through &qu...Sad to say, but I think we were living through "Peak America" at the time......drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-82574209081669478712018-12-23T10:22:59.482-05:002018-12-23T10:22:59.482-05:00No, I really can't imagine them being allowed ...No, I really can't imagine them being allowed or the networks even showing it. Notice how they omitted that detail in the CBS video. <br /><br />I used the CBS video because it has Jim Lovell in it, and we hardly ever see him anymore - or any of those giants. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-6054404890657798802018-12-23T07:10:29.701-05:002018-12-23T07:10:29.701-05:00Can you imagine NASA astronauts being permitted to...Can you imagine NASA astronauts being permitted to do this today:<br /><br />https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_8_genesis_reading.ogg<br /><br />???Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-49081826616101825582018-12-22T23:51:54.943-05:002018-12-22T23:51:54.943-05:00I woder if SpaceX's proposed manned lunar orbi...I woder if SpaceX's proposed manned lunar orbit in 2023 will be done in the same time frame? Elon likes to play with history.BillBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593147581583316765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-40797511724628659592018-12-22T22:20:40.739-05:002018-12-22T22:20:40.739-05:00I remember watching all the early Apollo launches ...I remember watching all the early Apollo launches and missions. If I remember, one newsroom or NASA itself had an HO trainset set up in the profile of the mission, and showed the Apollo capsule and service module moving on the figure 8.<br /><br />Great days. Full of hope and promise.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com