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In reply to the discussion: Did you watch the Moon landing, live? [View all]scarletlib
(3,428 posts)111. Yes--20 yrs of age
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I was 20 yrs old. Stayed up while everyone else went to bed. I wish we were still out there exploring on Mars now. Looks like I will never get to take that trip off planet that I hoped for back then.
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If you were in the U.S, you probably didn't have to stay up for the landing...
RufusTFirefly
Jul 2014
#6
Reality TV at it's best. And it was during the summer, so I didn't have to worry about getting up
MiniMe
Jul 2014
#21
I was also overseas in Ankara, Turkey at the time... My dad listened to it on short wave I believe
cascadiance
Jul 2014
#142
Same here, up all night, but I'd been watching all the shots since Shepherd. Lived near NASA and my
freshwest
Jul 2014
#30
No. I was in summer camp in the Wilds of West Virginia. No television, no raido,
1monster
Jul 2014
#35
I was a young mother, and got my daughters up from bed to come see it.
No Vested Interest
Jul 2014
#45
The picture was so bad because of compatibility problems with some of the relay stations.
SeattleVet
Jul 2014
#87
Yes. I worked at Johnson Space Center. Went home and watched TV all night.
Zen Democrat
Jul 2014
#54
Yep. And we went outside to look at the moon for a Earth reference point of view.
pinto
Jul 2014
#69
And we stopped the Moon program when you were born? Just a coincidence? I think not.
randome
Jul 2014
#122
Yes, I was 24 and I was watching a B&W TV in a cheap hotel lobby drinking warm Mateus.
Sognefjord
Jul 2014
#77
I did, I was 17, and we were promised that it would be turned into a national holiday!
mbperrin
Jul 2014
#79
Yes. It's too bad there was such poor followup. It all went to the MIC, instead.
delrem
Jul 2014
#86
yep. mama and dad felt it was important enough to put out the word. grown kids you know. :D
roguevalley
Jul 2014
#105
Yes. I was in a motel in Albany, GA, outside Fort Gordon, with my husband fresh out of boot camp
ancianita
Jul 2014
#134
I did, and I remember thinking, "One day I'll tell my kids I saw this live on TV." n/t
phylny
Jul 2014
#138
I was 6. My sisters fell asleep, I watched until after they stepped on the moon.
Thor_MN
Jul 2014
#146