kelroy55
12-15-2014, 12:19 PM
Human beings haven't traveled beyond low Earth orbit ever since.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjWiMYr6XDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjWiMYr6XDA
View Full Version : 42 years ago today, Apollo 17 lifted off from the moon. kelroy55 12-15-2014, 12:19 PM Human beings haven't traveled beyond low Earth orbit ever since. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjWiMYr6XDA SoonerDave 12-15-2014, 12:23 PM And aside from the politically expedient but scientifically worthless Apollo-Soyuz mission that followed, we absolutely wasted the already-constructed Saturn V rockets that were to be used in the subsequent missions that were scrubbed politically due to operational budget cuts. Horrendous waste. Urbanized 12-15-2014, 12:30 PM At less than 2 years old, I was too young to remember the Apollo 11 moon landing, but I remember subsequent missions like this one well. As a 5 year old it was pretty fascinating. kelroy55 12-15-2014, 12:44 PM At less than 2 years old, I was too young to remember the Apollo 11 moon landing, but I remember subsequent missions like this one well. As a 5 year old it was pretty fascinating. I remember watching the Apollo 11 mission at my grandmothers house when I was a kid. |