Do you remember where you were?

[p38arover]

It's coming up for 40 years since Apollo 11 blasted off to the moon - the 16th July, 1969 in the USA (17th July, 1969 in Aus).

Do you remember where you were on that day?

I do.

I was on duty at the Moree Satellite Earth Station which provided the moon shot comms back to the USA. Mine is the fourth signature on the envelope on the day of the launch. The names are the people on duty that day.



Neil Armstrong walked on the moon on 20th July, 1969.

Do you remember where you were?

I do.

I was in my future M-I-L's lounge room, glued to the TV watching the landing and the walk.

Do I believe it happened? Absolutely.

I expect a lot of you weren't even born!

[amtravic1]

In school. (Kew High in Melbourne) Form 1 or two. We got to watch it on TV.

Ian

[MickS]

O.T.C. - now there's an acronym I have not heard for years!!

Yes Ron, I remember - I was sitting on a cold timber floor at St. Joey's watching it on a black and white t.v with Sister John breathing down our necks... She was the original penguin!!

[V8Ian]

We were sent home from school to watch it on TV.

[JDNSW]

No television where I was - Maprik, East Sepik, PNG!

John

[Ricey]

I was too young for the moon landing, but vividly remember 9/11 as it happened.

What's the world coming to

[Bearman]

Driving D9 bulldozer in West Qld scrub pulling. I remember hearing it on the RFDS HF radio.

[one_iota]

We watched in glorious black and white on TV at Goulburn High

[Disco_owner]

I suspect I was not even concieved yet Born april 1970.

[drivesafe]

It’s amazing the events that stick in your mind.

I was at school in Metal Work, which no body was doing, standing around a black and white TV the teacher had brought to class for the day, to watch the moon walk.

I can remember our neighbour screaming out over our front fence, very early one morning, “They’ve killed Kennedy, They’ve killed Kennedy”

I can remember as a 12 year old, standing in my front yard in Riverwood, watching a 707 carrying the Beatles into Sydney.

I was working on the railway in Moree when the Granville smash occurred.

I was in also Moree when the first Space Shuttle flight was launched.

I was watching West Wing when, at first it was just a news break but then the program soon stopped so they could go live the New York on September 11. I was recording the show and still have it.

Makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck every time it’s watched.

What events does everybody else remember