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Date: 20 Jul 2006 10:36:40
From: Starlord
Subject: July 20, 1969
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Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 20:15:57
From: Mij Adyaw
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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On that day in 1969, I thought for sure that man would have stepped on Mars
by the year 2000. Needless to say, I was very disappointed.
"Starlord" <starlord@sidewalkastronomy.info > wrote in message
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> Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 20:42:35
From: Tom Hise
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:36:40 -0700, "Starlord"
<starlord@sidewalkastronomy.info > wrote:
>Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.
It is interesting that there are a number of events where almost all people
remember where they were and what they were doing at the time, yet only one
of these events was a positive memory. The Kennedy assassination,
Challenger and Colombia disasters, every one was a catastrophe. The moon
landing was the exception, an event people where were cheerful about it and
remember it in detail.
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Tom Hise - NCØO
N42° 06' 41" - W91° 52' 59"
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 18:15:19
From: Skylook123
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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'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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> Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 19:15:13
From: Edward Erbeck
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969 - Anniversary
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Skylook123 wrote:
> '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
Congratulations Jim - Hope you two can more than Double 38.
Crazy Ed
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 20:13:23
From: Skylook123
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969 - Anniversary
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Thanks, Ed! We're aiming for it.
Enjoying Monsoon? Oh, ever going to make it up to Grand Canyon Star Party?
Jim
"Edward Erbeck" <Ed@CrazyEdOptical.com > wrote in message
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> Skylook123 wrote:
>
>> 'twas spouse's and my first anniversary. Watched it live on an old B/W
>> portable TV; heard the REAL first words.
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>> Today we're celebrating #38.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Congratulations Jim - Hope you two can more than Double 38.
>
> Crazy Ed
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 20:59:52
From: Edward Erbeck
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969 - Anniversary
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Skylook123 wrote:
> Thanks, Ed! We're aiming for it.
>
Hey, like the Buffalo Springfield sang "It's Ok to Shoot the Moon". Go
for it. More power and many more Anniversaries to both of you.
> Enjoying Monsoon?
Lots of Clouds and Lightning. Just wish there was more Rain. Hey If I
can't observe the least these Clouds can do is replenish the Aquifer !
Although tonight is looking good.
> Oh, ever going to make it up to Grand Canyon Star Party?
>
I've got a Mag. 6.5++ Driveway just outside my Door. Now why would I
drive almost 10 hours (saying Phoenix isn't in a traffic jam) and loose ~ 4
degrees of my Southern Horizon. Not to mention, here if I get tired of
observeving, the Beer is Cold and ready to go ;-).
Crazy Ed
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 23:27:02
From: Marty
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969 - Anniversary
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I remember watching TV at a friend's house when Armstrong climbed down
the ladder... in black and white and upside down. Still, I sat there
with my mouth hanging open, feeling so lucky to be alive at the time
when man first set foot on the moon! I can remember wondering as a kid
if I'd live to see that day, but I was just a year out of high school.
Marty
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Date: 21 Jul 2006 04:13:36
From: Skylook123
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969 - Anniversary
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"Edward Erbeck" <Ed@CrazyEdOptical.com > wrote in message
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> Hey, like the Buffalo Springfield sang "It's Ok to Shoot the Moon". Go
> for it. More power and many more Anniversaries to both of you.
>
Thanks! We appreciate the good thoughts.
> Lots of Clouds and Lightning. Just wish there was more Rain. Hey If I
> can't observe the least these Clouds can do is replenish the Aquifer !
> Although tonight is looking good.
Yep, we need the wet stuff. If the clouds are going to get in the way, they
might as well drop the liquid sunshine.
>
> I've got a Mag. 6.5++ Driveway just outside my Door. Now why would I
> drive almost 10 hours (saying Phoenix isn't in a traffic jam) and loose ~
> 4
> degrees of my Southern Horizon. Not to mention, here if I get tired of
> observeving, the Beer is Cold and ready to go ;-).
>
Ya know, can't fight that logic. Still, fun to yak with a couple of hundred
visitors every night.
Jim
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Date: 21 Jul 2006 16:05:47
From: Edward Erbeck
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969 - Anniversary
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On 7/21/06 4:13 AM, in article fr6dnZ_Ohvh-K13ZnZ2dnUVZ_uydnZ2d@comcast.com,
"Skylook123" <Skylook123@aol.com > wrote:
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> "Edward Erbeck" <Ed@CrazyEdOptical.com> wrote in message
> news:C0E59F48.22B92%Ed@CrazyEdOptical.com...
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>> Hey, like the Buffalo Springfield sang "It's Ok to Shoot the Moon". Go
>> for it. More power and many more Anniversaries to both of you.
>>
Ooooooopppppssssss Make that the Lovin' Spoonful <blush >.
>
> Thanks! We appreciate the good thoughts.
>
>> Lots of Clouds and Lightning. Just wish there was more Rain. Hey If I
>> can't observe the least these Clouds can do is replenish the Aquifer !
>> Although tonight is looking good.
>
> Yep, we need the wet stuff. If the clouds are going to get in the way, they
> might as well drop the liquid sunshine.
>
We'll take all they will give.
>>
>> I've got a Mag. 6.5++ Driveway just outside my Door. Now why would I
>> drive almost 10 hours (saying Phoenix isn't in a traffic jam) and loose ~
>> 4
>> degrees of my Southern Horizon. Not to mention, here if I get tired of
>> observeving, the Beer is Cold and ready to go ;-).
>>
>
> Ya know, can't fight that logic. Still, fun to yak with a couple of hundred
> visitors every night.
>
To be honest, I've never really enjoyed large groups of People. Did
large Public Star Parties for 15+ years and RTMC for 10. Now days I prefer
small laid back get togethers.
Crazy Ed
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Date: 21 Jul 2006 02:04:26
From: Ioannis
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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"Starlord" <starlord@sidewalkastronomy.info > 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.
> --
> The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 15:00:51
From: Rich
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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John Steinberg wrote:
> Starlord wrote:
>
> > Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time
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> 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.
>
> --
> -John Steinberg
> email: not@thistime.invalid
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.
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 17:04:28
From: Joe S.
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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"Starlord" <starlord@sidewalkastronomy.info > 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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Date: 20 Jul 2006 14:39:46
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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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." <anon@mous.com > 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).
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 23:35:07
From: Iordani
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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Joe S. wrote:
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> 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!
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 19:12:13
From: T.T.
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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"Starlord" <starlord@sidewalkastronomy.info > 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.
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 12:55:10
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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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." <tonyt92@yahoo.com > wrote in message
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> "Starlord" <starlord@sidewalkastronomy.info> wrote in message
> news:lq6dnSQc3qUcXCLZnZ2dnUVZ_oOdnZ2d@inreach.com...
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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.
>
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 14:55:00
From: John Steinberg
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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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.
--
-John Steinberg
email: not@thistime.invalid
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 12:23:32
From: Greg Crinklaw
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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Starlord wrote:
> Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.
Many billions of years ago the first life took hold on Earth. In the
intervening years that life has grown more diverse and complex,
extending itself to every nook and cranny of this planet. There have
been many firsts for life on Earth. But they are all lost to us--except
one. It was on this date in 1969 that not only humanity, but life
itself, first reached out to another body and then returned from it.
July 20, 1969 is not only a momentous day in the history of mankind, but
in the history of all life on Earth. Perhaps it is the most momentous
single day in the entire history of life on this planet.
Happy Moon Day.
I am certain that, in good time, this day will receive the recognition
it deserves.
Greg
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Date: 20 Jul 2006 19:53:55
From: Beta Persei
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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"Starlord" <starlord@sidewalkastronomy.info > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.
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>
> --
> The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
>
Right, Starlord. Thanks for reminding us. Too many of us seem have forgot.
Happy anniversary!
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Date: 21 Jul 2006 19:12:19
From: Rick Evans
Subject: Re: July 20, 1969
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"Starlord" <starlord@sidewalkastronomy.info > wrote in message
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> Man stepped onto the Moon for the First time.
>
And on the same date seven years later Viking 1 landed
on Mars.
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