Where were you 48 years ago today?

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48 years ago today, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon http://nbcnews.to/2uC2yvO  via @NBCNewsMACH #MakingOfAnAstronaut







July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind

DWags wrote:1st street Manistee Michigan. My moms brother (uncle) was an engineer for apollo so you can imagine our house was a bit excited.

Oh wow.....that would have added to it.

I remember getting to stay up to watch it....people today can't imagine how much of the world was transfixed by it.

Watching on TV and hanging out with my babysitter Cindi  

I bet Buzz Aldrin knows where he was.

Floyd Robertson wrote:Watching on TV and hanging out with my babysitter Cindi  

You weren't banging Cindi?

LooseGoose wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:Watching on TV and hanging out with my babysitter Cindi  

You weren't banging Cindi?

Not until around Labor day if I remember correctly.

Totally fake.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Totally fake.

This

Nice NASA link.

#fakenews

Well my mom was 13 and my dad was 21. Safe to say, I wasn't even thought of then.

Was in New Mexico watching them film it, live

Dendrobates wrote:Well my mom was 13 and my dad was 21. Safe to say, I wasn't even thought of then.

Gold already had a plan for you, Dendrobates.

My folks tuned in to CBS. If you tuned in to ABC/CBS or NBC you were going to see it.

Pre-Beta/VHS/digital recording and my technology geek neighbor set up his 35mm camera on a tripod and used his old black and white set to take photos of the TV screen. He tested it 3-4 times with different distances and room illumination and developed the film in his darkroom for at least a week before.

My 75-80 year old uncle thought it was staged in Hollywood and NASA was a big money pit for industry until he dies at 98.