Coming to you live from Mission Control forty years ago...

[julesjones]

Gacked from James Nicoll:

Nasa are replaying the audio link from the Apollo 11 mission at exactly the same time on the same dates as forty years ago.

I'm old enough to have been parked in front of the tv by my parents forty years ago come Monday, but not old enough to remember seeing the moon landing. Old enough to have the dream, to have it still. I'm sitting here, listening to what is objectively a very boring tracking report and radio traffic, with a large lump in my throat.

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[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Despite having the world's worst memory - and not in the least understanding why it mattered - I do remember them showing it at school, on an black and white TV in front of the blackboard...