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Posted on 07/20/2010 1:27:09 AM PDT by screaming eagle2
20 July is the 41st anniversary of Apollo11 landing on the Moon.It was a great moment in American history.It's too bad our governments leaders decided that NASA abandon its mission to explore the unknown in favor of making the Islamic people "feel good about themselves.
If you mean the first words spoken after the LM touched the moon, they would be “Contact light”
Re: your tagline, me too.
Here’s a ping for you Barbara.
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Arguably yes.
I’m looking for the first words spoken after the actual landing itself.
The four words between “Contact light” and “Houston. Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has Landed.”
“Capricorn One”. The second guy from the right, if you’ll recall, is everyone’s favorite convict and wife-killer, Orenthal James “OJ” Simpson.
Just a bit o’trvia for your day.
“Contact Light”
“Okay...engine stopped”
“Houston...Tranquility Base here...the Eagle has landed.”
“Okay...engine stopped”
Close enough.
The first words after the actual landing, the words that let Houston know they had landed, were:
[drumroll]
“Cycle the Parker valve”
This was the main engine valve, cycling it stopped the engine. The first words were merely procedural, never intended to be of Historical Significance, and worse were effectively an advertisement for Parker-Hannifin. They have been purged from every recording of the event I have ever been able to find.
I only remember it because that valve was built in the cleanroom my dad worked in (although he didn’t assembly that particular valve, he did build the equivalent valve for subsequent missions)
Anyway, that’s FR’s Über-trivia for the day.
Thanks for playing...
OJ was in Capricorn One? I didn’t know that. That’s a pretty good piece of trivia too!
I was 6 years old and had special permission from my Mom & Dad to stay up late and watch Neil step off the LM. I remember afterwards running out to the front porch and looking up at the moon to see if I could see the Astronauts getting out and walking around.
Tonight, at 10:59pm, I’ll raise a glass to toast those two brave Americans who made a Boy dream of better things to come. I’m still hoping for them to happen..........
i believe they were;”Ok,engine stop”The official first words were”Tranquility Base here.The Eagle has landed”
Yeah. Obama canceled the Constellation program and retasked NASA to making muslims feel better about themselves.
To destroy a people, destroy their dreams.
I totally agree. I’m almost ashamed to say I’m an American, but I keep up hope that the Country will wake up from this nightmare!
Have you heard NASA’s new slogan?
No, not yet........bet it’s something “good” though :-)
With the muslim outreach the new slogan is:
...wait for it...
...wait...
...wait...
“We beheading into space”
Thank you, I’ll be here all week...
Ha,HA!!! Oh, Man...Good One! :-) Keeps me smiling all day! Thanks!
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