http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/july-20-1969.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/july-20-1969.html/comment-page-1#comment-5961 Iang Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:03:39 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=3172#comment-5961 I vaguely recall being dragged out of bed at some ungodly time to watch the landing. Something like 4am, which for a small boy was not a good start. Probably, I only recall because of the frequent reminders in TV images, and nothing beyond that. The slightly more personal touch I only found out when _The Dish_ came out. The real dish was run by an old family friend who was always trying to get me to help on his TRS-80 experiments. Apparently I had loftier goals, cassete tapes were oh-so-1970s for me. Nobody ever mentioned his Apollo role though, or maybe I never listened. A sad story really, he was very upset at fairy tale treatment in the film. I highly recommend the film, great fun, but .. it's a film, not the real story. I vaguely recall being dragged out of bed at some ungodly time to watch the landing. Something like 4am, which for a small boy was not a good start. Probably, I only recall because of the frequent reminders in TV images, and nothing beyond that.
The slightly more personal touch I only found out when _The Dish_ came out. The real dish was run by an old family friend who was always trying to get me to help on his TRS-80 experiments. Apparently I had loftier goals, cassete tapes were oh-so-1970s for me. Nobody ever mentioned his Apollo role though, or maybe I never listened.
A sad story really, he was very upset at fairy tale treatment in the film. I highly recommend the film, great fun, but .. it’s a film, not the real story.

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/july-20-1969.html/comment-page-1#comment-5960 Iang Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:01:17 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=3172#comment-5960 I vaguely recall being dragged out of bed at some ungodly time to watch the landing. Something like 4am, which for a small boy was not a good start. Probably, I only recall because of the frequent reminders in TV images, and nothing beyond that. The slightly more personal touch I only found out when _The Dish_ came out. The real dish was run by an old family friend who was always trying to get me to help on his TRS-80 experiments. Apparently I had loftier goals, cassete tapes were oh-so-1970s for me. Nobody ever mentioned his Apollo role though, or maybe I never listened. A sad story really, he was very upset at fairy tale treatment in the film. I highly recommend the film, great fun, but .. it's a film, not the real story. I vaguely recall being dragged out of bed at some ungodly time to watch the landing. Something like 4am, which for a small boy was not a good start. Probably, I only recall because of the frequent reminders in TV images, and nothing beyond that.
The slightly more personal touch I only found out when _The Dish_ came out. The real dish was run by an old family friend who was always trying to get me to help on his TRS-80 experiments. Apparently I had loftier goals, cassete tapes were oh-so-1970s for me. Nobody ever mentioned his Apollo role though, or maybe I never listened.
A sad story really, he was very upset at fairy tale treatment in the film. I highly recommend the film, great fun, but .. it’s a film, not the real story.

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/july-20-1969.html/comment-page-1#comment-5959 David Brodbeck Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:31:01 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=3172#comment-5959 I'm too young for Apollo. For my generation, the big TV moment we all associate with space flight is the Challenger disaster. I’m too young for Apollo. For my generation, the big TV moment we all associate with space flight is the Challenger disaster.

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