July 20, 1969-great day to be an American-Where were you?

lousubcap · July 2012

43 years ago today stands as one of those days in history (for us old----) "I know where I was when...man first walked on the moon!" One of the greatest engineering feats of the modern era (right up there with the Manhatten Project).

BYS1981 · July 2012

I was in my mothers uterus, and she had just graduated high school.

LizzieSamps · July 2012

My parents have told me that they were both watching it on the only television on the block. Along with friends and all their parents. My grandma said to me shortly before she passed. "well I was born in this world and had to use an out house and now they are walking on the moon and people living in space, quite a life I have lived" I do have to agree with her!

Skiddymarker · July 2012

Watched the moon landing in black and white while sitting on the edge of the sofa at my girl friend's house, that same wonderful woman who has been part of my life for 41 years of marriage.

MeAndTheDog · July 2012

13 years too soon for me!

Were there any cool forums back then?

SteveWPBFL · July 2012

I was a young teen watching it on tv with my family in suburban Detroit. Right after I took a quick look down the block at the main street to see how much traffic there was going by and there was NONE.

woody's wood pit · July 2012

I was in basic training getting ready for the war....spent the evening cleaning the floors with a toothbrush...DI said we didnt have to worry about space that wasnt our job...now get you @""#% back to work! Ah--the good old days!??!

ccpoulin1 · July 2012

2 YEARS OLD, SO I DON'T REMEMBER IT!

Ranger908 · July 2012

Having a moon party at Cape Hatteras NC. Every time the announcer said the work "Moon" we took a drink. Not many at the party saw the first step. There is a good Netflex series "From earth to the Moon" for anyone interested.

crmwell · July 2012

I was in Vietnam. Don't recall that much of the story. No TV to watch it on.

ncbbq · July 2012

I wasn't even a glimmer in my Dad's eye. I would have loved to have seen it. I am still proud when I see the footage. Being a bit of a space enthusiast I have watched every tv program on it I can find. The amount of work leading up to that achievement is mind boggling. Also imagine the bravery of those that went out into the unknown where no man had ever gone before. It is also amazing that the computers that ran the spacecraft had far less power than the iPhone in my pocket. I think it is a travesty that we now have to hitch a ride with the Russians to get to space.

Billy Grill Eggster · July 2012

Watching it in black and white with a half dozen people I worked with at the time. We were all a little hot, air conditioner at friends apartment quit working.

Griffin · July 2012

7 years too early. :(

fishlessman · July 2012

since i was 5 and sound asleep, it didnt really happen til the 21st
:Di remember it perfectly, man walked on the moon on the 21st 1969

Cookbook_Chip · July 2012

Got this in the email joke pile yesterday - great story! (sorry for all caps)

IN CASE YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW THIS LITTLE TIDBIT OF TRIVIA, ON JULY 20, 1969, AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE, NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON.

HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON, "THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND," WERE TELEVISED TO EARTH AND HEARD BY MILLIONS.

BUT JUST BEFORE HE RE-ENTERED THE LANDER, HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC REMARK - "GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY".

MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGHT IT WAS A CASUAL REMARK CONCERNING SOME RIVAL SOVIET COSMONAUT. HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING, THERE WAS NO GORSKY IN EITHER THE RUSSIAN OR AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAMS.

OVER THE YEARS, MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ARMSTRONG AS TO WHAT THE - 'GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY' STATEMENT MEANT, BUT ARMSTRONG ALWAYS JUST SMILED.

ON JULY 5, 1995, IN TAMPA BAY , FLORIDA , WHILE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOLLOWING A SPEECH, A REPORTER BROUGHT UP THE 26-YEAR-OLD QUESTION TO ARMSTRONG. THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED.

MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION.

IN 1938, WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MID-WESTERN TOWN , HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S YARD BY THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW. HIS NEIGHBORS WERE MR. AND MRS. GORSKY. AS HE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE BALL, YOUNG ARMSTRONG HEARD MRS. GORSKY SHOUTING AT MR. GORSKY "SEX! YOU WANT SEX?! YOU'LL GET

SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON !"

TRUE STORY. *It broke the place up.

Eggbertsdad · July 2012

Great story, Chip! Thanks for sharing.

I was a -3 back in '69.

Chunky_Charc · July 2012

I was 8 years old watching it on our B&W TV listening to my great-grandmother say it had to be fake...that they were actually filming this in a studio. She also believed wrestling was real....I loved her so much and miss her so much!!!!

cortguitarman · July 2012

-9 years old.

Whaler · July 2012

I was eleven years old and remember all the neighbors came to our house to watch the landing because we were the only ones in the neighborhood with a Color TV even though it was Broadcast in Black and White

michigan_jason · July 2012

13 years too soon for me!

Were there any cool forums back then?

Duh, no way, Al Gore hadn't invented the internet yet!

travisstrick · July 2012

My mom was in middle school.

pasoegg · July 2012

sat on the couch that night and was trying not to fall asleep...glad i was around and durn proud of it. Capt. is right on his relationship to history and modern marvels....