http://www.car4play.com/forum Car4play forum en-gb Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:59:21 +0100 Copyright: Car4play webmaster@car4play.com (Technical) 5 car4play687680 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:59:21 +0100 >> Dad allowed us to watch the landing but we'd no knowledge of the 'one step >> for man' until we heard it on the radio the following morning. Which, of course, he got wrong! http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=687680&v=e car4play687678 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:11:51 +0100 http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=687678&v=e car4play687674 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:28:58 +0100 I was 9 years and seven months and in love with an eight year old blonde girl in the year below. Dad allowed us to watch the landing but we'd no knowledge of the 'one step for man' until we heard it on the radio the following morning. Mrs B who, for the avoidance of doubt, was not the blonde mentioned above was awoken, along with her siblings, by her Father to see Armstrong step off the LEM. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=687674&v=e car4play687673 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:10:09 +0100 . I suppose you >> have to be over sixty to remember it and all the current hype is to >> pander to anyone younger. 20th July 1969....I think I remember it. Tubby. My current wife, the Ayatollah Ann, and I had been married at Manchester Cathedral the previous day. Didn't make the nat ionals, though ! I often joke that I'd wished she had been with them but she still hangs around here...bless ! Ted http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=687673&v=e car4play687668 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:29:05 +0100 Given that splashdown is (I think) scheduled for The Pacific, emulating Ryanair's advertising practice it'll probably land in The Black Sea (or if they're really lucky, The Strait of Hormuz). ;-) http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=687668&v=e car4play687667 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:19:24 +0100 Lets hope they have a softer landing than Ryan Air. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=687667&v=e car4play687666 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:41:15 +0100 Apparently, the crew have stated that they would have struggled with the cramped conditions, crappy food and having to poo in a bag if they hadn't undertaken the Ryanair acclimatisation flights. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=687666&v=e car4play687664 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:25:42 +0100 >> The moon is full just now (i.e. facing the sun) and will be like that >> for a day or two. ?? Only from your point of view on earth http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=687664&v=e car4play687663 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:24:17 +0100 >> I can't understand all the fuss and extensive new coverage about this mission. It makes the yanks feel superior, Trump will take all the credit and blame Biden and Obama if it ends in disaster. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=687663&v=e car4play687661 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:09:23 +0100 The novelty is that someone (or a few) are going to look at the far side which never faces the earth. An unmanned craft has sent back pics before, but it's a first for human eyes. What puzzles me a bit is the pic at lunchtime today showing a crescent moon? The moon is full just now (i.e. facing the sun) and will be like that for a day or two. ?? http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=687661&v=e car4play687658 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:06:49 +0100 I can't understand all the fuss and extensive new coverage about this mission. A man was put on the moon fifty-odd years ago, then it was newsworthy. I suppose you have to be over sixty to remember it and all the current hype is to pander to anyone younger. http://www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?m=687658&v=e