Apollo - the Lunar Module

A tribute to the dedicated men and women that took man to the Moon. To the hard working engineers and courageous astronauts that did it.

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• apollo
• program
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• module
• space
• grumman
• moon
• landing
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[andschannll]

Great space engineering video!

[Rob260259]

@andschannll

Thanks!

[1MtnBoy]

Awesome video Rob ! I think I'll favorite this one !

[Rob260259]

@1MtnBoy

Thanks!

[1MtnBoy]

@TheSpiritof1969 Yes Pop's did some traveling to Russia back about 2000, 2002 consulting for Raytheon. he had some good stories !

I still like to go home and find the HD Apollo 8 launch on here and turn up the PC surround sound almost to full blast and shake the windows to try and recreate what it must have been like.the wife hates it when I do it but.....what are ya gonna do ? Im just a big kid at heart lol. ! ( the neighbors tell me they can hear it very well, snicker )

[TheSpiritof1969]

@1MtnBoy

We were invited into peoples homes and I would tell them how I used to visit the Russian embassy in London to collect visas for a travel company. The waiting room was awash with stuff on the Russian space successes and our American hosts seemed fascinated that I had actually spoken to real live Russians who had the same feeling of pride in their own space program.

Some seemed amazed that Russians were even human back then, such was the cold war.

[1MtnBoy]

@TheSpiritof1969 Thats awesome ! I would have really cherished being there ! yes I had some short travels back in the day with similar experiences, thankfully I met some gracious people. of course back in the 60-70's there was more consideration and decency IMO. a young guy could travel around cavalier and meet some really fine folks, you still can but it's not so innocent anymore. man I really do envy you being there !

[TheSpiritof1969]

@1MtnBoy

No film of the launches I have seen since have come close to conveying the experience of seeing it with your own eyes.

There was some icing on the cake a couple of days later when those 2 19 year olds were doing some yard clearing for the price of a meal. The two women that owed the place showed us some real American hospitality we weren't expecting and cooked us breakfast ... but that is another story. lol

The politics suck but I love that country.

[1MtnBoy]

@TheSpiritof1969 Man thats incredible, a once in a lifetime experience ! they say it is still the most powerful machine ever built. I agree. seeing it on film is awe inspiring I can only imagine the perspective of being there in person to really judge the scale !

LMAO, I would have been screaming too ! I may not have been able to hear myself but I would have been cheering it on as well ! I drive the wife nuts watching launch videos at full volume at home trying to duplicate the sound ! lol

[TheSpiritof1969]

@1MtnBoy

We flew from England to NY and worked our way down to the Cape. When I first saw that beast it sent a shiver down my spine. Throughout the day of the launch we watched the comings and goings and and people and cars looked tiny below it.

The sheer audacity that anyone should build such a thing baffles me to this day. The launch that night was a very emotional thing and those two English kids were screaming it on as it pulled away.

[1MtnBoy]

@TheSpiritof1969 your right, it only existed on paper as far as I know the Huntsville gang went straight to the Saturn-I. yeah baby it woulda been a show stopper for sure but it was a single stage to orbit early concept. as soon as the cooler heads in the group persuaded Werner to go with the multiple staging design, Saturn was already on the drawing boards. 5 F-1's sounded more reasonable than 8 ! lol

Man I envy you !! I wish I woulda lived back east to see that monster launch ! OMG !

[TheSpiritof1969]

@1MtnBoy

I assume it was never built, it would have been a hell of a firework. I watched Apollo17 blast off and I reckon the fire must have been 4 and 6 hundred feet behind it. I was about 3 1/2 miles away from it and the noise was incredible.