Requiem

[Bryanj]

We all know that the SOHC 4 started in 1969, initially in the States, but who remembers that also in 1969 Man made his first step onto a different planet, also from the States.

Neil Armstong will be buried today in Cincinnati after passing away last Saturday in his 80's and the good old US of A seems to have totally ignored it.

I watched it on a grainy black and white TV and am still astounded by the engineering and adventure of the task

[Spitfire]

Yep remember it well, glued to that old B&W TV with my chin around my knees !

Cheers

Den

[mick]

I was only 6 yrs old but can still see the images from the telly in my head 

[SteveD CB500K0]

Me too (I was 11).

Its a blue moon tonight as well 

[andy120t]

A tiny bit before my time - but still amazing to watch the footage of that first moonwalk.

[StPeter]

I still have the front page from that day's paper. The Revell and Monogram kits of Gemini and Apollo vehicles have long gone but their lasting legacy for me and a lot others was an inspiration to pursue science and engineering.

It seems that inspiration has passed from Apollo XI to X Factor these days.