Happy Moon Day! Thirty-five years ago today man first walked upon the moon.

Here's a site: Where Were You? and also CNN's story.

It was hard during that nearly two-week mission not to stay glued to the television. I was thirteen and a half and watched all the space shots that I could manage, and of course this happened during the best viewing time: summer vacation. And for once my parents didn't say, "Get away from the television and go out and get some fresh air." My dad was particularly interested in the space program; several guys at work thought he was a bit peculiar. This was a working-class factory crowd and more than a few of them weren't all that imaginative. But Dad didn't care, nor did his like-minded buddies.

The moon walk was scheduled the same Sunday night as the fireworks at the St. Mary's Church feast (which had been going all weekend) and I can't remember if we missed the fireworks to see the moonwalk or not. It was mind-blowing, watching a TV picture that came from the moon! Everyone else was watching, too, all over the world. The newspapers and news reports were filled with people crowding around television screens set in public places, and the "electronic tickertape sign" in New York City spelling out the message for those who weren't watching.

The one funny thing about the moonwalk I remember is that right after it happened, we had about a week or two of rain. In dire voices, all the elderly people kept saying it was all the fault of "those guys who walked on the moon," apparently upsetting the balance of nature or something.

Any other "moon memories" out there?

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Comments:

I remember I had to go to bed (bedtime was always 8:30 PM). But, breaking precedent, my parents did wake me up as Neil's 15 minute journey from the hatch to the lunar surface neared its completion. So as Neil set foot on the moon a little bit after 9:56 PM EST, I was among the viewers of the world watching the event. I thought it was particulary cool since it was week of my 9th birthday.

Rodney

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