44 Years ago today, a man called Armstrong walked upon the moon

[LongTomH]

Back in the early 80s, I was part of the L-5 Society's effort to get July 20th declared a national holiday. We did get 'Space Day' proclamations passed in some states.

[madrchsod]

1. jesus h christ am i getting old....

i remember standing around a black and white tv with those two antenna sticking up. we were at work and the office brought out the tv for us to watch....

[Turbineguy]

2. That was a Fine Day.

There were over a million people who worked to make that possible.

Plus of course the Taxpayers who footed the bill.

[truebluegreen]

3. Sometimes it feels like our last really good day as a united nation.

[awoke_in_2003]

4. It was our crowning achievement...

in some areas we have gotten better, but we have slid backwards in most.

[BobbyBoring]

5. How true

We used to do great things. I don't know what we're doing now but it's not great~

[RC]

6. I had a front row seat at the TV control board at the NBC affiliate in Bismarck ND

44 years? Sure does not seem that long.
What a disappointment, when they pointed that vidicon TV camera at the sun. All but wiped it clean.

[MannyGoldstein]

8. Wasn't that Apollo 12 that killed the camera

By pointing it at the sun?

My memory could be wrong.

[RC]

10. I could be wrong too.

When one lives through so much history, it sometimes get tangled up.

[sharp_stick]

7. It's my Dad's Birthday

I always remember to call because of this.

I was far to young to remember the actual walk but I live it vicariously through him. He remembers it like it was yesterday.

[MannyGoldstein]

9. For a tiny fraction of what we spent in Iraq and Afghanistan

We got to show the world that we were, indeed, the baddest badasses around.

We got to the moon in just a few years. Kicked Soviet ass.

And we were good badasses, to boot.

What a miraculous thing. I remember watching as a child, Armstrong's ghostly apparition as he stood at the bottom of the ladder, tested getting back up the ladder, tested the soil, then stepped off the landing pad, onto the moon.

To this little kid, it seemed like anything was possible then.

[Javaman]

15. +1

I still get a little teary eyed when I think about it.

[raccoon]

11. A modest American hero. You don't see many of them. nt

[Wilms]

12. Indeed.

[MannyGoldstein]

13. We did it!

I love that photo.

[Johonny]

14. as republicans cut 1.2 billion from NASA for next year

but found 40 odd billion for border security to protect us from one of the fastest growing economies. Makes sense if you support racing to the bottom.