49 years ago today...the launch of Apollo 11 and the trip to the moon
I was totally in to the space race growing up in the late 60's, had the Saturn 5 model etc. etc.
A few years ago I made it to the Kennedy Space Center and saw close up the complete Saturn 5 rocket suspended above the floor and a slightly used Apollo capsule. Totally awesome, but also totally primitive looking like they were built in someone's basement.
The guys that flew those things into space had balls of steel - maybe even more than 1 set.
I was totally in to the space race growing up in the late 60's, had the Saturn 5 model etc. etc.
A few years ago I made it to the Kennedy Space Center and saw close up the complete Saturn 5 rocket suspended above the floor and a slightly used Apollo capsule. Totally awesome, but also totally primitive looking like they were built in someone's basement.
The guys that flew those things into space had balls of steel - maybe even more than 1 set.
