[News] An homage to The Moon

[Stat Brother]

'Remember' reminds me tomorrow (Tuesday) marks the 50th anniversary of members of the human race successfully leaving Earth for somewhere else.

To mark such an occasion lets honour the Moon.
Historically, artistically, pop culture, TV, films, I'm sure HWT will introduce a deep cut from Micky Mars & The MoonMen, so I guess we ought to include music too.

In fact that's where I'm going to start:-



I might have to watch this, with the kids, at some point this week:-



Your smartphone is light years ahead of NASA computers that guided Apollo moon landings

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lo...one-is-light-years-ahead-of-NASA-13757565.php

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

 

[Beach Hut]

Download Stargazing Moon Landing Special on BBC2 tonight, really informative about not just the first landing on the moon but what will happen going forward.

 

[Goldstone1976]

'Remember' reminds me tomorrow (Tuesday) marks the 50th anniversary of members of the human race successfully leaving Earth for somewhere else.

To mark such an occasion lets honour the Moon.
Historically, artistically, pop culture, TV, films, I'm sure HWT will introduce a deep cut from Micky Mars & The MoonMen, so I guess we ought to include music too.

In fact that's where I'm going to start:-



I might have to watch this, with the kids, at some point this week:-

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Your smartphone is light years ahead of NASA computers that guided Apollo moon landings

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lo...one-is-light-years-ahead-of-NASA-13757565.php

Not only is your smartphone at least an order of magnitude higher in terms of computing power than what they had on Apollo 11, but there was no weight-room for a redundant computer system; so their back-up was a slide rule and graph paper...

 

[Weststander]

 

[Weststander]

Download Stargazing Moon Landing Special on BBC2 tonight, really informative about not just the first landing on the moon but what will happen going forward.

That was a brilliant documentary.

 

[Gwylan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHM3zMBQxTQ

 

[lizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9MZNEXrElw

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Download Stargazing Moon Landing Special on BBC2 tonight, really informative about not just the first landing on the moon but what will happen going forward.

I watched that, and then switched to BBC4 with James May.

 

[Chicken Run]

We will go to the moon.....

 

[Chicken Run]

My favourite box set in From the Earth to the Moon, brilliant stuff.

 

[Icy Gull]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQR0bXO_yI8

 

[Stat Brother]

Not only is your smartphone at least an order of magnitude higher in terms of computing power than what they had on Apollo 11, but there was no weight-room for a redundant computer system; so their back-up was a slide rule and graph paper...

Rather like another cracking film:-

 

[Seagull kimchi]

https://youtu.be/4iA_7vCG7p4

 

[Stat Brother]

The improbable story of the bra-maker who won the right to make astronaut spacesuits

https://www.fastcompany.com/9037544...ho-won-the-right-to-make-astronaut-spacesuits

 

[boik]

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22m57uHa8AA

I still remember being woken up by my Dad at some ungodly hour (2am?) and us watching the footage. Me a 12 year old transfixed by it all.

Fabulous memories.


TNBA


TTF

 

[Birdie Boy]

A classic.

 

[sully]

An homage?

 

[Stat Brother]

An homage?

That was a long time coming.