Apollo 11?

[DampDog]

Unless I've missed it, I've not spotted any threads related to the 50th anniversary of the moon landings. I'm old enough to lived through the excitement of the day, and remember being huddled round a black and white TV in the school hall. Pretty much every classroom had something to do with Space/Apollo on the wall for weeks.

Some of the historical/docudrama stuff that is being shown is quite interesting.

Has apathy set in and no-one considers it a big deal anymore, or have the flat-earthers, conspiracy tin-hat brigade convinced everyone it didn't happen?

 

[DampDog]

Some of the numbers associated with the Saturn V are astonishing. The fuel pumps that fed the engines were shifting 15+ tons a second. When all 5 engines were at maximum, total thrust hit 7.5 million pounds.

 

[DampDog]

This website is pretty cool -

"A real-time journey through the first landing on the Moon
This website consists entirely of original historical mission material"

https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/

That's a cracking site. Cheers