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Moon Landing July 20, 1969
Posted: July 20, 2003 1:35 pm
by Floridaze
Remember where you were on this data?
July 20th, 1969!!!
Man's first landing on the Moon was accomplished at 4:17 p.m. today as the Lunar Module, "Eagle," touched down gently on the Sea of Tranquility on the east side of the Moon. Astronauts Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first men to walk on the Moon.
Posted: July 20, 2003 10:17 pm
by Gumbo
I was a negative 9 years old on that date.
Posted: July 20, 2003 11:05 pm
by Gypsy In The Palace
Gumbo wrote:I was a negative 9 years old on that date.
I was just about to post the exact same thing! Except that I was negative 12 years old on that date!
Posted: July 20, 2003 11:09 pm
by pirateat30
Same here....born 200 I mean 1 year too late
Posted: July 20, 2003 11:18 pm
by ejr
OK, another place to make me feel old-I spent that summer sitting with my neighbor's daughter who was dealing with a leg injury-I have vivid memories of the landing, and all the fuss leading up to it, and then the other big worry-once they touched down on the moon, would they be able to take back off, and reconnect with the main capsule. It's hard to express it now, but it really was exciting then, and very tense.
Posted: July 21, 2003 2:29 am
by Air M'Ville Cap'n
Negative 14 here
Posted: July 21, 2003 5:03 am
by lati2d
My 19 th Birthday - Ouch!
Posted: July 21, 2003 6:17 am
by Sidew13
Neg. 5 years here
Posted: July 21, 2003 6:30 am
by ParrotHeadDeb
I was 13 then
- I remember wondering how it was possible - and looking up at the moon thinking "what will they find??". Never imagined then we'd be sending things to Mars and people on a shuttle!! But me.... Im keeping my feet planted on good ol' planet earth. I'm more of a romantic than an explorer. I still believe there is a "Man in the Moon" and he's winking at me every full moon.
Posted: July 21, 2003 9:23 am
by CUparrot
Negative 7 years old then...
Posted: July 21, 2003 9:32 am
by nycparrothead
I also remember that was the year that my Amazin' New York Mets won the world series!!!
I was negative 5 at the time so I was only there in spirit...
Posted: July 21, 2003 9:41 am
by SMLCHNG
I was 9 ... and I do remember how cool it was
.. and how I thought I might actually see them with my Dad's telescope.
Posted: July 21, 2003 9:52 am
by Floridaze
So nice to see so many YOUNGER parrot heads! I was 9 at the time...and it really doesn't seem like that long ago...
Posted: July 21, 2003 10:20 am
by AlbatrossFlyer
watched the grainy black and white tv transmission.....
Posted: July 21, 2003 10:30 am
by Caribbean Soul
ParrotHeadDeb wrote:I was 13 then
Same age as I was then!
I am actually quite surprised at the number of "young'uns" here! 
nycparrothead wrote:I also remember that was the year that my Amazin' New York Mets won the world series!!!
I was negative 5 at the time so I was only there in spirit...
Yes, it was quite a year!
And btw... there
are some advantages to being "older"... I was
AT Game 4!
Posted: July 21, 2003 10:33 am
by SchoolGirlHeart
AlbatrossFlyer wrote:watched the grainy black and white tv transmission.....
same here. grainy black and white....
I was 9, too.
Posted: July 21, 2003 10:34 am
by AlbatrossFlyer
Caribbean Soul wrote:ParrotHeadDeb wrote:I was 13 then
Same age as I was then!
I am actually quite surprised at the number of "young'uns" here!
nycparrothead wrote:I also remember that was the year that my Amazin' New York Mets won the world series!!!
I was negative 5 at the time so I was only there in spirit...
Yes, it was quite a year!
And btw... there
are some advantages to being "older"... I was
AT Game 4!
watched it on WOR
Posted: July 21, 2003 10:37 am
by ZeroDuval
Is my parents aniversary, watched it with them and the neighbors.
Posted: July 21, 2003 10:38 am
by kitty
I was 5...not sure I remember much of it...but I knew it happened!
Man on the Moon
Posted: July 21, 2003 10:41 am
by Donchuknow
I was 13 at the time. What a great time to be a kid!
All you "negative" age ones missed out on some great real life adventures that we older folk got to witness.
I can't even begin to imagine how those men felt being the first on the moon and looking back at Earth. What a sight...