Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
  • Mood: nostalgic

NASA Anniversaries

Today in history ... do you know what we did?

We put boots on the moon with Apollo.  Go, go humanity!  We should do more of this.

We put the first Viking Lander on Mars.  I remember this one.  When I was little, sometimes my parents held gatherings of like-minded folks to watch news of major space exploration events on TV.

More July 20 anniversary details are here.

What are some of your memories from space exploration history?
Tags: history, news, space exploration
Subscribe

  • A Little Slice of Terramagne: YardMap

    Sadly the main program is dormant, but the YardMap concept is awesome, and many of its informative articles remain. YardMap was a citizen science…

  • Winterfest in July Bingo Card 7-1-21

    Here is my card for the Winterfest in July Bingo fest. It runs from July 1-30. Celebrate all the holidays and traditions of winter! ( See all my…

  • Bingo

    I have made bingo down the B, G, and O columns of my 6-1-21 card for the Cottoncandy Bingo fest. I also have one extra fill. B1 (caretaking) --…

  • Post a new comment

    Error

    switch
    default userpic

    Your IP address will be recorded 

    When you submit the form an invisible reCAPTCHA check will be performed.
    You must follow the Privacy Policy and Google Terms of use.
    Help
  • 9 comments
aldersprig

aldersprig

July 20 2010, 17:21:30 UTC 10 years ago

http://www.addergoole.com/Apollo.html :-)

(last year, around about now, husband said, "It's a holiday. You should do a holiday story about the moon landing. :-)

My memories from space exploration start out sad - Challenger. But I watched the Mars rovers on the edge of my seat. I'm still not sure I believe there isn't sentient life on Mars.

doni_dyke01

doni_dyke01

July 20 2010, 17:27:07 UTC 10 years ago

The only things I'm old enough to remember are the events that happened from '90 to now. I do remember listening to the rover launches with great interest and was rather excited when I heard they (the last couple) touched down with no problems.
wcg

wcg

July 20 2010, 19:04:26 UTC 10 years ago

I watched the first moonwalk with my brother Jim in Tucson. It was great.

I agree with you that humanity would benefit from more humans on the moon. I'm just glad that NASA isn't tasked with doing it. The Constellation project was ill-conceived, and we're better off without it.
ysabetwordsmith

*sigh*

ysabetwordsmith

July 21 2010, 04:37:58 UTC 10 years ago

NASA has done great things in the past, but I've often been disappointed in recent years. People want impressive results but don't want to take risks or foot the bill. And that does not get you far in space.
siege

Re: *sigh*

siege

July 21 2010, 08:18:13 UTC 10 years ago

Hubble is more than twenty years old now. Just think what we could do with a replacement, not to mention we still have the first Hubble Space Telescope! "Increased field of view" comes to mind.
lizziebelle

lizziebelle

July 20 2010, 19:18:19 UTC 10 years ago

I remember the first moon landing. My mom brought us into the living room to watch it on TV. I was almost 8. I thought it was kind of boring, but I'm glad I watched it.
madshutterbug

madshutterbug

July 20 2010, 21:24:07 UTC 10 years ago

I watched the first moon landing with my father. My mom was in the hospital, it was only the two of us at home (all my siblings are older & were moved out at the time). Dad didn't force me, this was something I wanted to watch. Still, it impressed me no end when he finally stood up and said to me, 'I'm going to bed now, because I'm tired. You watch this as long as you want. I've seen Mankind go from just beginning to fly to walking on the Moon. This is one of the major events in your lifetime.'

Yes. Yes it is.
ysabetwordsmith

Wow!

ysabetwordsmith

July 20 2010, 21:29:34 UTC 10 years ago

That's really cool. Thanks for sharing.
msstacy13

msstacy13

July 21 2010, 09:06:01 UTC 10 years ago

I dunno, I tend toward the cynical and pessemistic, I guess.

A few years ago, I think it was, I saw something--maybe it was on NOVA/PBS--
about Mars, and various science types were talking about the feasiblity of
enhancing the Martian atmosphere.
No one said one word about the ethics of even considering it.

Alright, I'll concede that there may be no sentient life there to file a protest,
but it is not our planet, and we have no business diddling with another environment
for our own purposes, even if those purposes were altrustic, which they are not.
Seeing that convinced me that however much knowledge we have acquired through space exploration,
we haven't learned a fucking thing.