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In reply to the discussion: Where were you when Neil Armstrong stepped off that ladder on to the Moon? [View all]liberal N proud
(60,289 posts)163. Sitting in front of the TV
Glued to the event, enthralled by the news anchors. We had to run out side and look up at the moon. Kind of a wow moment, we knew it was one of the big moments in all of history. A human stepped on an alien planet.
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Where were you when Neil Armstrong stepped off that ladder on to the Moon? [View all]
Faygo Kid
Aug 2012
OP
Sitting in the living room of my Grandmother's house trying to understand why everybody
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#4
I was on the couch, extremely pregnant, in our beach apartment at the Jersey Shore..n/t
monmouth
Aug 2012
#5
I went to driver's ed at Denby and to Notre Dame High, right next to Eastland
Motown_Johnny
Aug 2012
#40
Sitting criss-cross-applesauce on the floor in Mrs. Maclary's 1st grade class.
woodsprite
Aug 2012
#17
(personal aside) My uncle was a mathematician / physicist who worked with a Lincoln Lab team.
pinto
Aug 2012
#19
Watching with my family & granddad who remembered hearing about the Wright brothers flight
vademocrat
Aug 2012
#20
Chattanooga, TN. I was six years old. I will never forget it. RIP Mr. Armstrong. nt.
CottonBear
Aug 2012
#23
We were having a family picnic. I told my niece this was something she could tell her grandchildren.
libinnyandia
Aug 2012
#26
2:56 UTC July 21, 1969. How were so many kids in school in the middle of the night?
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2012
#28
Yeah, all I remember about it was being allowed to get up in what seemed to be the middle of the
treestar
Aug 2012
#215
My brother worked for GE/NASA at the time and on all the Apollo missions. He was in quality control.
juajen
Aug 2012
#176
Armstong hopping off the ladder onto the ground has been played a million times
lunatica
Aug 2012
#213
I was in my parents car outside of Aztec New Mexico driving to Colorado
Ichingcarpenter
Aug 2012
#35
At my summer job in the pool office at a country club. I was alone and couldn't make out the images
gateley
Aug 2012
#39
Not born yet. :( But Neil Armstrong, and everyone at NASA who worked on Apollo, are true heroes.
backscatter712
Aug 2012
#41
Agree. It was a huge undertaking, involving hundreds of people in an array of fields.
pinto
Aug 2012
#51
Being stupid enough to be an Apollo denier probably counts as six or seven impossibles. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#123
Alex Jones - LOL - even conspiracy theories on steroids does not describe Alex Jones. n/t
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#170
And on top of that we have Glenn Beck. A real problem is the human psyche for many drifts
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#200
I was in the back seat of a 1965 Oldsmobile Cutlass heading west on Interstate 8
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#63
I was a few miles away in my house on McDougall and Mullett, FK, watching it on TV
MrScorpio
Aug 2012
#69
In a bachelor pad in Sunnyvale, California that I shared with other naval flight officers and pilots
FightingIrish
Aug 2012
#88
I was in studio B cleaning up the Arizona "moon dust".....j/k...RIP our nations hero...
lostnote12
Aug 2012
#96
Watching It On A Zenith Black & White, In Sacramento, With Our Entire Family, On The Couch
WillyT
Aug 2012
#168
My Old Man Was A Marine B-25 Pilot In The SouthPacific In WWII, And Was A Democrat And Journalist...
WillyT
Aug 2012
#185
I Hear Ya... My Dad Got "Sucked" Into Korea... His Words... Thought WWII Would Be The End Of War...
WillyT
Aug 2012
#191
I was 12 years old, sitting in my cousin's living room, eating dinner on a TV tray.
KatyaR
Aug 2012
#188