July 20, 1969

Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.


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"Starlord" ha scritto nel messaggio
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Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.


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Right, Starlord. Thanks for reminding us. Too many of us seem have forgot.
Happy anniversary!
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"Starlord" wrote in message
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Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.

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What a day that was. Local shops had T.V. sets in the windows and hundreds
of us watched in awe from the street outside. We were all aware of the
significance of the achievement and I for one felt that I was privileged to
be part of the great human adventure.
Thanks for reminding us.

P. S. The usual suspects will undoubtedly respond with the usual drivel. Let
us all, for once, ignore them.

On that day, just a few weeks home from Vietnam and living next door to
Cal-Tech I was glued to the T.V. set during the whole mission, at Cal-tech
the had the laser set up for the reflectors, it came out of the 2nd floor of
one main building, came across the street high up, was reflected down to
just above the sidewalk, along the sidewalk to the parking lot next door,
they had barries set up so no one would step into the beam and they had a
motor driven tracking mirror that followed the moon and reflected the laser
upward.


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"T.T." wrote in message
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"Starlord" wrote in message
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Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.

snip

What a day that was. Local shops had T.V. sets in the windows and hundreds
of us watched in awe from the street outside. We were all aware of the
significance of the achievement and I for one felt that I was privileged
to be part of the great human adventure.
Thanks for reminding us.

P. S. The usual suspects will undoubtedly respond with the usual drivel.
Let us all, for once, ignore them.

"Starlord" wrote in message
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Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.

My Uncle Sam sent me on an all-expense paid trip to a place called
VietNam -- I was on that trip in 1969.

Our field radios -- backpack AN/PRC-25 -- tuned from 30 to 76 mHz
(megacycles, mc, as we called it back then).

As part of the electronic warfare effort (read: radio intercept) there were
US aircraft that stayed airborne 24/7 loaded with intercept equipment and
intercept operators, monitoring NVA communications.

There was an Armed Forces television station in Saigon whose signal that
could be received only around Saigon. Aboard each of the radio recon
aircraft was a repeater installation that received the audio from Saigon
Armed Forces TV and re-broadcast the audio on a frequency around 72 mHz, as
I recall. Because the radio recon aircraft were operating at 20-25,000
feet, this re-broadcast audio could be received damn near anywhere, even
under triple canopy jungle.

So -- there we were, humping through the bush or pulled up in a night
defensive position, completely out of touch with the world -- but we could
tune one of our PRC-25's to 72.??? and listen to the AFRTS TV audio. And
that's how I learned of the moon landing.





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Joe S. wrote:

My Uncle Sam sent me on an all-expense paid trip to a place called
VietNam -- I was on that trip in 1969.

Our field radios -- backpack AN/PRC-25 -- tuned from 30 to 76 mHz
(megacycles, mc, as we called it back then).

As part of the electronic warfare effort (read: radio intercept) there
were US aircraft that stayed airborne 24/7 loaded with intercept equipment
and intercept operators, monitoring NVA communications.

There was an Armed Forces television station in Saigon whose signal that
could be received only around Saigon. Aboard each of the radio recon
aircraft was a repeater installation that received the audio from Saigon
Armed Forces TV and re-broadcast the audio on a frequency around 72 mHz,
as
I recall. Because the radio recon aircraft were operating at 20-25,000
feet, this re-broadcast audio could be received damn near anywhere, even
under triple canopy jungle.

So -- there we were, humping through the bush or pulled up in a night
defensive position, completely out of touch with the world -- but we could
tune one of our PRC-25's to 72.??? and listen to the AFRTS TV audio. And
that's how I learned of the moon landing.

This story really makes you think!
Thanks for sharing!

Ya, old prick 25's I know a few guys who had to hump them. My radios I used
couldn't be moved but in a big box on the back of a duce & 1/2 with two 5kw
gens for power and 40ft ant's sticking up for little brown brother to use
for taget shooting. TRC-24's and GRC-50's. Lineof sight.


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"Joe S." wrote in message
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Our field radios -- backpack AN/PRC-25 -- tuned from 30 to 76 mHz
(megacycles, mc, as we called it back then).

John Steinberg wrote:
Starlord wrote:

Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time

Thanks for the reminder.

I remember it as if it was just a few years ago.

NASA's glory years.

May future generations be afforded the opportunity to see something on
a similar scale.

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-John Steinberg
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Lets hope they have the money to do this after the proxy war.

US Iraq war costs may rise by $406 billion by 2016
Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:02 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Iraq war could cost U.S. taxpayers between
$202 billion and $406 billion more over the next 10 years, depending on
how quickly U.S. force levels can be reduced, congressional budget
experts said on Thursday.

The Congressional Budget Office offered two cost scenarios for the war,
which it said so far has cost almost $300 billion.

If the number of U.S. troops in the Iraqi theater can be reduced to
140,000 next year from the current level of about 190,000 and all are
withdrawn by the end of 2009, the CBO said military operations will
cost another $166 billion in 2007-2016.

But if troop levels decline more slowly and remain at about 40,000
through 2016, the CBO said military operations will cost another $368
billion.

"Starlord" wrote in message
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Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.

I was five at the time, but I remember it airing on national tv. Though
black and white, it was breath taking. I remember the peculiar walking
movements the astronauts made on the NASA video, but not much else.

It was totally fascinating.

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Ioannis

'twas spouse's and my first anniversary. Watched it live on an old B/W
portable TV; heard the REAL first words.

Today we're celebrating #38.

Jim
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