Moon Landing 1969

[MWG14]

Did any of you watch the 1969 moon landing live (as it was happening) on TV & what are your memories?

I watched with my two-year old on my lap. I wanted him to be able to say that he saw it while it was actually happening. Even though he was so young, he still remembers it.

[Ken4155]

No disagreement, baz. I just have vivid memories of talking about it at school and all of us hardly able to contain our excitement until we got home to watch it on the news. I am sure that, had it been broadcast throughout the night, my parents would certainly have allowed me to watch, probably in the company of my dad - mum would have wondered what all the fuss was about and would have gone to bed at the usual time

[Ken4155]

Just read mamy's post and, if that is correct, then i must have watched it as it happened :-( The tricks our memory can play on us - especially as the distance grows between the event and now :-)

[ToraToraTora]

baz: "What is the 'disagreement ' as to what Armstrong said or didn't say? " - there was some speculation that he meant to say "One small step for A man...." - but fluffed it so the "A" didn't come out. Voice analysis has should shown a very slight wave in the sound at that point so there may be truth in it. The man himself never confirmed the theory.

[Bazile]

Ken what I'm referring to is what Armstrong said

[Bazile]

Ok TTT

What's the significance of the 'A'

[corylus]

I watched it with my grandma, I was about 20 at the time, she was utterly amazed at the moon landing watched on my parents TV. She'd survived two world wars but this was incredible to her.

[Mamyalynne]

The debate was - did he mean 'Mankind' or himself the man making the step.

[ToraToraTora]

baz: He was crediting Mankind (thus far) with the giant leap and merely putting himself as the final link in the chain. "One small step for A man" - makes more sense, than "one small step for man" - as in the latter ,"man" would also mean mankind, ie "man" collectively. So the theory is that the "A" was omitted but not intentionally. He was really saying the same as Newton when he said "standing on the shoulders of giants" - Anyway it's legendary now!

[woofgang]

Yes I saw it live. My parents thought it was imortant enough for us to watch live and sleep in the next day and miss school

[chrissa1]

Yes. I watched it. I was 19 years old. I think the liftoff was so exciting! Waiting, hoping and praying that the lunar module would actually, lift off. Then the explosive action of the boosters and they were on their way home.

[dance2trance]

Me and my Uni pals watched it on TV. We laughed. So camp.

[zebo]

We stayed up, MIL had a really grotty TV, it was hard enough to see anything at the best of times, we got fed up of waiting and went to bed around midnight!

[Peter Pedant]

well in Salisbury ( just a little down from the Skripal's house to be, on Wilton Rd) it was 0230 - 0430h
and s/o stayed up and roused me
they didnt jump off fast enough

there may have been wall to wall coverage but the rest of us had to work!

Stanley Baxter and that american fellow who did the elections

(how did it affect us - well not at all really darn sarf)

[Old_Geezer]

Yes. I remember seeing men walking on the moon. (And not finding any green cheese.)

[DJHawkes]

Yes in the TV lounge of a caravan park in Bouth whilst we were on holiday

[goodgoalie]

At the time I was very busy working for a number of weeks in a large studio facility in the Arizona desert, but I'm afraid I can't say much more about that period of my life

[Peter Pedant]

// but Neil Armstrong didn't set foot on the moon until 02:56 our time, (One small step...............)//

yup I was roused 0200 and wanted them to get on with it ....

they had viddie in those days and it could have been played and replayed

[goodgoalie]

Shame that Armstrong bodged his big moment. He was meant to say "it's one small step for A man, one giant leap for mankind".
By missing out the 'A' he rendered it meaningless as 'man' and 'mankind' mean the same

[Caran]

I remember staying up late to watch it and when it happened I then woke up husband so he could watch it too.

[EDDIE51]

Yes watched it live and then sat up Hours ! waiting for them to leave the capsule. In the end I fell asleep and woke up to see the repeats.