"The Truth behind the Moon Landings"

Nick Mason writted:

: I was 11 years old and sat up watching it with my Dad, I still remember
: what he said to me. He said it was too important an event in human
: history to miss just because it happened after my bed time! I was
: allowed to stay up all night and watch it all happen.

That's the sort of dad I want to be...

: I will never forget how exciting it was.

Apollo 11 went off to the moon on my 4th Birthday, and I remember mum
calling me in from seeing the butcher (who came round in a van and gave
me bits of ham for free) with the words, 'Gavin, they're setting off for
the moon, do you want to come and see?'
It's great that I can get the kids to come out and watch the ISS going
over, but I wish I could call my kids in with the same message as my mum
did.

ATB, Gavin

Gavin Whittaker wrote:

That's the sort of dad I want to be...

: I will never forget how exciting it was.

My daughter (born 25 Jan 1970) has never forgiven me for the fact that
she missed the 60s and the first moon landing.

Slightly OT - I was working in New England in Feb 1962 when I caught
something called New England flu - sick as a parrot bedbound for a
week, but what a week. Watched all the false starts and the eventual
success of the first US orbital flight with John Glenn. Desperately
exciting - took my mind right away from how ghastly I was feeling.

Cheers

Martin

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John Honan wrote:

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I'm so tempted to give this one a miss - but it takes all sorts to
make
the world - so I'll force myself to watch and cringe.
Incidentally - and a bit off-topic - what was everyone doing when the
men were walking on the moon?

It was my 21st Birthday. I had the party the day before so I could watch the
first footsteps on TV.

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Mike Collins
UK

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Jonathan Silverlight wrote:

Just thought I'd warn everyone - according to Radio Times, "a
documentary on Five, The Truth behind the Moon Landings [their
capitals] will look at how they could have been faked".
I thought Five was supposed to be going up-market, but judging by
their recently showing a film in the wrong aspect ratio, that was as
true as this programme :-)

Are there any names of people who are associated with this production?
I mean the "researchers" involved.

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Nick Mason writted:

: I was 11 years old and sat up watching it with my Dad, I still remember
: what he said to me. He said it was too important an event in human
: history to miss just because it happened after my bed time! I was
: allowed to stay up all night and watch it all happen.

That's the sort of dad I want to be...

I tried to be the same with my son, he's 21 the day after tomorrow.

: I will never forget how exciting it was.

Apollo 11 went off to the moon on my 4th Birthday, and I remember mum
calling me in from seeing the butcher (who came round in a van and gave
me bits of ham for free) with the words, 'Gavin, they're setting off for
the moon, do you want to come and see?'
It's great that I can get the kids to come out and watch the ISS going
over, but I wish I could call my kids in with the same message as my mum
did.

ATB, Gavin


We can't all live through something as significant as the first moon
shot, mores the pity.

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Regards

Nick

Gavin Whittaker wrote in article
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Nick Mason writted:

: I was 11 years old and sat up watching it with my Dad, I still remember
: what he said to me. He said it was too important an event in human
: history to miss just because it happened after my bed time! I was
: allowed to stay up all night and watch it all happen.

The story in our house is that I sat on my Dad’s knee during the
landing, though at 11 months I don’t actually remember a lot (and was
probably asleep anyway), but it does feel good to have been a part of it
in a small way. Unlike my Dad who had a fairly big part (at least in
the UK), his department were responsible for bringing the TV signals
into the UK for transmission.

That's the sort of dad I want to be...

And the sort I’m trying to be. Their usual bedtime is around 7.30pm,
during Mars Opposition we went to the SPA’s Jodrell Bank star party.
It, for us, wasn’t the greatest of successes but at least they can say
they were there, they also now recognise radio telescopes as telescopes.
Also for me, their awe and wonder at the size of the dish was worth it.
We got back to the hotel about 11.00 that night.

: I will never forget how exciting it was.

You make the excitement sound like it’s over, I still get excited about
it now, although with a sense of sadness about the hesitancy since then
to push on.

Apollo 11 went off to the moon on my 4th Birthday, and I remember mum
calling me in from seeing the butcher (who came round in a van and gave
me bits of ham for free) with the words, 'Gavin, they're setting off for
the moon, do you want to come and see?'

Your Mum sounds great, the way you’ve written that I get the image of
her saying it in exactly the same way she might say ‘Gavin, your Dad’s
setting off for work, do want to come and see?'

It's great that I can get the kids to come out and watch the ISS going
over, but I wish I could call my kids in with the same message as my mum
did.

Yep, but different times give us different things – think of Christmas
Day, I’m going to bore everyone senseless ;-)
I think the key is capturing the childlike wonder (no matter how old the
children :-)

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Simon Pooley writted:

: Your Mum sounds great, the way you've written that I get the image of
: her saying it in exactly the same way she might say 'Gavin, your Dad's
: setting off for work, do want to come and see?'

She is, and she did! You know, until now, that hadn't even occurred
to me! ROFL!

IIRCC, Raymond Baxter related a story of how they'd had huge audiences
for the broadcast he did to cover Apollo 11. When Apollo 12 set off,
they interrupted the cricket to cover it. He later received a call from
a member of the public to complain. Raymond Baxter retorted with 'but
three men have just set off for the moon!'. The caller simply countered
with 'Oh, they're *always* setting off for the Moon'

ATB, Gavin

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John Honan wrote:

"plutonic" wrote in message
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I'm so tempted to give this one a miss - but it takes all sorts to
make
the world - so I'll force myself to watch and cringe.
Incidentally - and a bit off-topic - what was everyone doing when
the
men were walking on the moon?

It was my 21st Birthday. I had the party the day before so I could watch
the
first footsteps on TV.

--
Mike Collins
UK


Are you sure you weren't watching them from lunar orbit!

I was four at the time. I did watch it, but don't remember it. I do remember
the tension during the Apollo 13 mission though.


Dave