41 years ago: One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind!

[BlackCatFan]

July 20, 1969.

Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin, fulfilled Pres. John F. Kennedy's dream as they set foot on the surface of the moon!

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[BlackCatFan]

been to Johnson Space Center in Houston and the Museum of Flight in Seattle...they both have some awesome displays! Was neat sitting in the old control center at Johnson...and the day we were there the shuttle was in the process of docking to the space station and we watched it live on the monitors. In Seattle, you can walk through some mock ups of the space station and all that....none of it's made for a guy my size...thats for damn sure!

The Johnson Space Center in Houston is awesome.

[Carolina Husker]

Not a hoax.

[charlotte49er]

that is one of my favorite kennedy speeches. rep.

I was just a kid, (5-6 yo) but I remember that and his "Ask Not" speach.

His "Ask Not" speach made me want to join the Marines and fly Cobra attack copters and rain death down from above. (I don't think that was what he had in mind though.) I didn't, BTW.

[charlotte49er]

been to Johnson Space Center in Houston and the Museum of Flight in Seattle...they both have some awesome displays! Was neat sitting in the old control center at Johnson...and the day we were there the shuttle was in the process of docking to the space station and we watched it live on the monitors. In Seattle, you can walk through some mock ups of the space station and all that....none of it's made for a guy my size...thats for damn sure!

When I was in college, we took a trip to Chicago to the "Museum of Science and Industry." They have a captured WWII German U-boat you can go thru. I was smaller then, but still a big guy. You talk tight squeezes!

If you EVER get the chance to go there, do it! The place is awesome! Rivals the Smithsonian in many ways! (And I don't say that lightly!)

http://msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/u-505

[theedaddy]

[Davidson Deac II]

Buzz Aldrin definitely got some cool points for popping that idiot. If you are going to insult a astronaut, then you have to be prepared for the consequences, getting coldcocked by a man 2-3 times your age.

[mmmbeans]

hell yes.

[Matt Foley]

Samuel L, CWG told me he'd love to explore Uranus.

ithankyou

[SorthNarolina]

Buzz Aldrin definitely got some cool points for popping that idiot. If you are going to insult a astronaut, then you have to be prepared for the consequences, getting coldcocked by a man 2-3 times your age.

even more so when you corner a war veteran who risked his life in the skies over Korea a coward???

Real classy fellow, got what he deserved.

I love how the police totally stone walled him when he tried to press charges.

[charlotte49er]

even more so when you corner a war veteran who risked his life in the skies over Korea a coward???

Real classy fellow, got what he deserved.

I love how the police totally stone walled him when he tried to press charges.

I couldn't agree with you more!

Way to go Buzz! :thumbsup: