Actually, those landings had a lot to do with my becoming a doctor.

After those brave men and women (American, Russian...all of them) got into those rockets and did what they did, I had all the confidence in the world that I could succeed at whatever I tried....even though it was far less brave.

It gave me the courage to stand up for HIV patients when everyone wore Astronaut suits just going in the room with them...I went in without that getup...only gloving and masking when they were coughing.

Yup...changed my world for the better.

I for one am glad one of them eliminated the need for rectal thermometers.

Darn it Doc,every time I see the green cheese,I get hungry.

Must be the moon mites imbedded in it....luscious little rascals. Taste a little like chicken.

I for one am glad one of them eliminated the need for rectal thermometers.

We also got Space Pens (Fisher) from the program.

Now, when I lose my pen, I know it's gone where no man has gone before. 

Maybe you need some  Didn't you see the false shadows, wrong footprints. A whole 1 hour special on all these falsehoods.

Debunking the whole organized sham...... If you need to believe, by all means, be my guest

You can't have been born at the time then.

It had a profound effect on sentient humanity.

Absolutely!!

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There are those that believe man didn't really land on the moon.
There are those that believe man landed on Mars and kept it a secret.
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I knew it! ...

Our school set up tellies in some of the classrooms so we all watched it live [we saw it before the US and NASA did...as it was our side of the world that received the signal...and a time delay was imposed for retransmission in case anything 'went wrong'.

I think the delay was 7 minutes.

I was 14 going on 15 so was in Form 4 ...

I was 16, still in the UK and working for my father as an apprentice plasterer at the time.  I remember that we knocked off work early that day so we could get home early to watch the whole shebang on TV... along with a few dozen neighbours because we had the only TV in the village at that time. 

So yeah, the moon landing brought people together, some that may not have been otherwise, and it changed the lives of billions on the planet.  We have a multitude of products at our disposal thanks to the space programme and the scientists/engineers who worked so hard to pull it off.

Nope, the"giant step for mankind" was NO hoax.

ok. well then, were you there? do you have definate proof that the landings were faked? Show me this proof. Put up or shut up. Just because you believe that something is not true, doesn't make it so. Unless you have some 100% unrefutable evidence that doesn't come from the sceptics on crack university then i suggest you keep your opinion just that. An opinion.

Nimbin....there are people who are convinced the world is flat ....which I guess means you and I are only here because we have magnetic boots....and in your case you've got a real problem....

Yeah, they even started the 'Flat Earth Society'... let my membership lapse because the globe they presented me with wouldn't spin like regular ones.  The corners were sharp and cuts were frequent.

Tell the Apollo 13 guys that stuff is fake. I doubt they see it that way as they nearly lost their lives out there.

When we go back in 2020 or so we will set those people straight that thinks it did not happen.

By the way if it's false why then can astromnomy towers beam a laser to the Apollo 14 site and have the laser beemed back because they left a refector there for us to use that way?

Good point!

Saw a "Myth Busters" last nite. They proved all the objections and conspiracy theory stuff were false. They included the footprints, 'breeze' (flag movements in a vacuum), low grav movement and lighting of Neil Armstrong as he descended the ladder were all correct as shown in the original videos.

Sorry, Nimbin...."That's the way it is."

*Edit: Senility prevented me from typing Irokoness. Sorry, Nimbin! Dummitis struck me. Thanx, munkeh.

It was a frisby, you moron....

I was home from boarding school with whooping cough...and had the tele wheeled in to the end of the bed....and watched every minute of it....great timing....

The whole space race...the excitement of sputnik launches....had a profound effect on our generation....as a littley...I would always answer that whaddya wanna be question with..."I want to be an astronaut"...

Here's to the guys at Honeysuckle Creek...who bought it to us first....and Parkes...and all involved....link

Making feel like putting The Dish on....     link..

Hmmm, never looked at it like that.  With the sharp corners n' all... yup, coulda used it like the boomerang 'feral kid' had in Mad Max II.