I watched it last night, it was fabulous to see the lift offs again. I watched them all live!
It was stated the average age of the Engineers was 26. Wow
Just amazing what those guys did. What gnads!
That escaped me on first reading, what a wonderful experience it must have been.!
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sorry to get to this thread late. If you want to see liftoffs, get “The Mighty Saturns - Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B” & “The Mighty Saturns - Saturn V” from Spacecraft Films. They have some great views of those birds taking wing. Lots of pad level views and high speed photography. I’ve got the ENTIRE set Gemini and Apollo dvds for Spacecraft Films. Nothing but NASA footage from beginning to end. ALL of it is great.
Watching last night’s offering took me back to the heady days of spaceflight. I’ve never heard Sue Borman speak so that was neat. Seeing Gerald Carr, Frank Borman, Bill Anders, Joseph Kerwin, Bruce McCandless, and Jim Lovell was great. Glad they are still around.
Shortly after the Kibo Module was opened and the crews of STS-124 and ISS went in to have some fun, the CAPCOM said that it looked like the Skylab 500. I haven’t heard that term since Pete Conrad’s Skylab 2 crew used it. Nice to hear it again. Can’t wait to see the Shuttle segment of WWLE. The promo showed a shuttle liftoff with a clarity I’ve never seen. They used a PRETTY GOOD camera for that shot. I’m very impressed with the show. Just wish they wuld have lengthened it. There’s a lot if things that could have been included. No need to rush this presentation.