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07-16-19, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by dynodonn
I watched the moon landing on a black and white TV with a bad picture tube, and the whole time, I was trying to figure out what the black and white shapes were doing. Thanks to more modern TVs of later years, I was able to see what I was looking at.
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07-16-19, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by bobwysiwyg
As I recall, the actual portion of Armstrong setting foot on the moon would have been in black and white even on a color TV. It was broadcast in black in white for a variety of reasons.
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07-16-19, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by aRoudy1
Woodstock was fake and done in a studio?!? 
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07-16-19, 10:13 PM
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The real question is did Apollo 11 have a 3.5mm jack?
07-17-19, 04:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
The real question is did Apollo 11 have a 3.5mm jack?
07-17-19, 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by 79pmooney
.. Where did they seat them all?
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07-17-19, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by bobwysiwyg
As I recall, the actual portion of Armstrong setting foot on the moon would have been in black and white even on a color TV. It was broadcast in black in white for a variety of reasons.
07-17-19, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by genec
I keep seeing all this commentary about the moon landing and Apollo 11, and how that was 50 years ago.
That same summer, Woodstock occurred.
Think about it... we landed on the moon, and it was the "age of Aquarius."
That same summer, Woodstock occurred.
Think about it... we landed on the moon, and it was the "age of Aquarius."
07-17-19, 09:30 AM
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I was 15 years old. We were visiting family in Alberta, and watching on their ancient TV. I remember a long span of time between the landing and the first step.
07-17-19, 09:41 AM
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07-17-19, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by no motor?
I kind of remember the moon landing, but don't remember Woodstock as most people then didn't realize it was a big deal until too later. Especially 10 year olds.
07-17-19, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by spinnaker
Correct. Mainly not enough bandwidth to transmit that distance back in the day.
07-17-19, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by mtb_addict
The private companies contracted by the space program to build Apollo...is part of the military industrial complex that also build bombs and ICBMs.
It was a successful political stunt...but they could have instead spend the hundreds of billions of tax dollars on poverty and racism down on earth.
It was a successful political stunt...but they could have instead spend the hundreds of billions of tax dollars on poverty and racism down on earth.
Even the military-industrial complex offers technical trickle-down to the non-defense world. Where would commercial aviation be without having stood on the shoulders of the giant of military aviation?
I'm not saying spending 'tax dollars on poverty and racism' would have been a waste, or that bombs and icbms are good, I'm just saying spending on the space program was not a waste.
That's all I'll say because this thread shouldn't get P&R'd.
07-17-19, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by RubeRad
The scientific and technical advances achieved by the space program have yielded great benefit to the world. How much longer would it have taken to develop computers, or to launch communications satellites?
Even the military-industrial complex offers technical trickle-down to the non-defense world. Where would commercial aviation be without having stood on the shoulders of the giant of military aviation?
I'm not saying spending 'tax dollars on poverty and racism' would have been a waste, or that bombs and icbms are good, I'm just saying spending on the space program was not a waste.
That's all I'll say because this thread shouldn't get P&R'd.
Even the military-industrial complex offers technical trickle-down to the non-defense world. Where would commercial aviation be without having stood on the shoulders of the giant of military aviation?
I'm not saying spending 'tax dollars on poverty and racism' would have been a waste, or that bombs and icbms are good, I'm just saying spending on the space program was not a waste.
That's all I'll say because this thread shouldn't get P&R'd.
How ever you look at it the moon landing was the greatest technical achievement of most of our life times. Certainly mine. Just think, there is far more computing power in your little smart phone than all of the command and landing modules.
07-17-19, 02:10 PM
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And yet we have another member that can't resist having this thread moved to P&R. 
07-17-19, 02:39 PM
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Then discuss your obsession in P&R not here.
07-17-19, 02:56 PM
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I was 4 in the summer of 1969.
I'm sure my parents had me watch the moon landing, but the magnitude of the moment was lost on my young brain.
I'm sure my parents had me watch the moon landing, but the magnitude of the moment was lost on my young brain.
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Originally Posted by mtb_addict
I dont have the privilege to post in p&r.
07-18-19, 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by mtb_addict
I dont have the privilege to post in p&r.
Now simply enjoy the history of the achievement of humans reaching the moon.
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To attempt to steer the thread back to the topic:
1) There wasn't much color on the moon when we got there, so a color broadcast wouldn't have looked much different than black and white
2) to me, Woodstock became a big deal after the fact due to the marketing of recordings made there and came to symbolize the ideals of the summer of love that others tried to cash in on. Wasn't one of the reasons the Stones had their concert at Altamont due to their not being at Woodstock?
1) There wasn't much color on the moon when we got there, so a color broadcast wouldn't have looked much different than black and white
2) to me, Woodstock became a big deal after the fact due to the marketing of recordings made there and came to symbolize the ideals of the summer of love that others tried to cash in on. Wasn't one of the reasons the Stones had their concert at Altamont due to their not being at Woodstock?
