One of these days... One of these days...

[pyat]

40 years ago, Apollo 11 lifted off, carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and... um... Pete Best, I think... to the Moon!

All thanks to the dream of one, extraordinary man.

One of these days, Alice. One of these days. Pow! Zoom! To the MOON!

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[leonard-arlotte.livejournal.com]

The Mission Commander was Michael Collins.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I know, I was sort of making a lame joke by giving him the name of the Beatle that everyone also forgets. :)

[paka.livejournal.com]

You know, Liam Neeson played him in that movie. I watched the whole thing, and there was a lot of drama and not a single stage separation! Not one.

... in all seriousness. You know the guy went on in civilian life to be the official head of the Air and Space Museum?

[pyat.livejournal.com]

My favorite bit is the part where Ralph Fiennes' character throws himself on the camp's atomic reactor! Er...

I did not know that about Collins!

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Made by Volkswagen, wasn't it?



(Appeared in Life, Aug 8 1969)

[elvishefer.livejournal.com]

Awesome ad.

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

It's wrong of me to have expected Lehrer's tribute to Werner von Braun, isn't it..

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I have referenced it before in these pages! But I'm not as cynical as Lehrer was (and maybe is) about space travel, not by a long shot.