> Kenneth schrieb:
>
>> Sorry, I didn't think many people (read: youngsters) would remember
>> just what
>> the Apollo flights were for(!) Probably seems like ancient history to
>> many, like
>> Greek mythology or something. Yes indeed, Apollo 11 was THE event; I
>> remember
>> staying awake about 30 hours straight, watching the entire spectacle
>> unfold--with good ol' Walter Cronkite giving a minute-by-minute
>> account. For
>> anyone lucky enough to be of age then, it was a life-changing event,
>> burned into
>> memory.
>
> I was born too late to witness it live on TV - but astronauts (and
> especially the Apollo guys) have always been my heros throughout childhood.

I remember that my father woke me and my brother up to look at the 
direct diffusion of man first steps on the Moon. Then, the next day at 
school when almost everybody was sleepy and talking about it.
Then, there was Expo '67 and the US pavilon with a real Apolo capsule on 
display...

Alain

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