The upcoming 40th Anniversary of man's first voyage to the moon.
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This is not a thread for ignorant moon hoax conspiracy theorists.
This December will mark FORTY YEARS since Lovell, Borman and Anders became the first humans to voyage to our nearest celestial body. What do you think should be done to celebrate this milestone?
I'd like to see a definitive multi-part HD documentary of the Apollo space program featuring ALL surviving astronauts starting with the tragedy of Apollo 1 and ending with the triumph of Apollo 17.
One would hope that as only 9 of the moonwalkers are still alive that even the ever elusive Neil Armstrong could be coaxed into helping to celebrate and commemorate the anniversary.
Do you think the media should remember this first moonshot?
This December will mark FORTY YEARS since Lovell, Borman and Anders became the first humans to voyage to our nearest celestial body. What do you think should be done to celebrate this milestone?
I'd like to see a definitive multi-part HD documentary of the Apollo space program featuring ALL surviving astronauts starting with the tragedy of Apollo 1 and ending with the triumph of Apollo 17.
One would hope that as only 9 of the moonwalkers are still alive that even the ever elusive Neil Armstrong could be coaxed into helping to celebrate and commemorate the anniversary.
Do you think the media should remember this first moonshot?
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you sound so butch.
is 40 years really such a milestone though - why not wait till 50 or 100? you just want a party now and can't wait till the big numbers come along.
Very good. Very good indeed.
Hmmmm, now that is pretty compelling.
Nah. No atmosphere.
Hard to believe such a thing would happen now.
I wonder if they still have the recordings.
I thought then (when YES we did land on the moon) that we'd be on Mars by now. Disappointing progress, really.
No doubt July 2009 will see some sort of celebration, especially as next year is also the international year of astronomy but as usual the exploits of Lovell, Borman and Anders will be largely overlooked
With all the analysis of the photographs and film footage, some people belive that it was just big hoax.
The film Capricorn One (incidentally being shown on Tuesday BBC One at 11.35pm) could be nearer the truth than we think.
Did you read the first line of the original post?
(I hate moon landing hoax theories, they are so goddam boring)
For starters.
Then an announcement that someone is going back, not a PowerPoint, not a media stunt, not a political speech, but for real.
PS http://www.universetoday.com/2008/06/26/ares-v-rocket-gets-an-upgrade-it-will-be-bigger-and-stronger-for-2020-moon-mission-video/
Hi KJ44
Apologies for going right off topic for a moment but I noticed your location, my son is a Palace fanatic! We used to live in Croydon and my wife worked for CPFC for quite a time, in fact we had our wedding reception there many years ago. Always had a soft spot for my home town club (even though I'm a West Ham supporter)
I did hear that a return to the moon had been suggested. The Apollo missions were the reason I became interested in astronomy when I was about 11, like all small boys I was convinced I could be an astronaut "when I grew up"
A revisit of spaceflight for HD would be great. I wish they'd do the orginal on dvd, I used to have them on vhs but got lost when I moved some years ago.