AndyinLiverpool Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Just now, TigerTedd said: Heard someone say on the radio today that’s it’s the only thing from the 20th century that’ll be remembered in the 30th century. discuss? In that case, they would have forgotten two world wars, computers, the internet and snakebite and black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 18 minutes ago, TigerTedd said: Heard someone say on the radio today that’s it’s the only thing from the 20th century that’ll be remembered in the 30th century. discuss? You think there will be a 30th Century? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 23 minutes ago, TigerTedd said: Heard someone say on the radio today that’s it’s the only thing from the 20th century that’ll be remembered in the 30th century. discuss? That's cobblers. I know for a fact they will still be talking about being champions of Europe in Nottingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, BaaLocks said: You think there will be a 30th Century? That’s the real question ! Regardless of pollution, global warming, Nukes and nut jobs .. since I was born the world population has tripled. In theory population growth is exponential. Like the grains of rice on a chess board. 1-2-4-8 so by the time you get to the 64th square you can feed the world (or not as the case maybe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Got chucked out of college on the day they landed so watched it on the TV with my old man .Stroke of luck that, can't remember my misdemeanour now but well worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 33 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said: In that case, they would have forgotten two world wars, computers, the internet and snakebite and black. Well yes Andy but how many folk can talk with any knowledge about the lines of Torres Vedras or the Opium wars or steam engines or Louis Pasteur or Bell or Edison or Marie Curie. It’s an interesting thought. When does history become “meh, whatever” intersting that The Roman Law, the forum, Greek philosophy still have echoes, for me I am looking forward to knowing more about none western history, Chinese explorers from 1000 years or more ago made it to Australia and the Antarctic ooops I am going off on one .. love history and the development of humanity. But it has been so short in relative terms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Anon said: Jumpers for heat shielding, isn't it? Wait, that was the soviet space program. Mind you, the Fisher space pen story makes me laugh. They spent a pile of dosh and developed a pressurised ball point pen to work in zero G .. bingo ace genius .. on the other hand the Russians used pencils ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 hour ago, TigerTedd said: Heard someone say on the radio today that’s it’s the only thing from the 20th century that’ll be remembered in the 30th century. discuss? Dark Fruits will never die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 10 minutes ago, jono said: Mind you, the Fisher space pen story makes me laugh. They spent a pile of dosh and developed a pressurised ball point pen to work in zero G .. bingo ace genius .. on the other hand the Russians used pencils ? Nobody used pencils in space. Shards of electrically conductive graphite breaking off would be potentially fatal. Give me the fancy pen every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 38 minutes ago, jono said: Well yes Andy but how many folk can talk with any knowledge about the lines of Torres Vedras or the Opium wars or steam engines or Louis Pasteur or Bell or Edison or Marie Curie. It’s an interesting thought. When does history become “meh, whatever” intersting that The Roman Law, the forum, Greek philosophy still have echoes, for me I am looking forward to knowing more about none western history, Chinese explorers from 1000 years or more ago made it to Australia and the Antarctic ooops I am going off on one .. love history and the development of humanity. But it has been so short in relative terms You may be right. I am just glad I won't be around to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarrowRam Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I’ve been waiting for this thread to come around. When Apollo 11 went to the moon I was five. It’s a cross I’ve had to bare for fifty years. The reason why is because my name is Neil Armstrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, BarrowRam said: I’ve been waiting for this thread to come around. When Apollo 11 went to the moon I was five. It’s a cross I’ve had to bare for fifty years. The reason why is because my name is Neil Armstrong. Least it’s not Lance mate, chin up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarrowRam Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, Boycie said: Least it’s not Lance mate, chin up. I know it could be worse ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 hour ago, AndyinLiverpool said: Nobody used pencils in space. Shards of electrically conductive graphite breaking off would be potentially fatal. Give me the fancy pen every time. No one hears you scream in space either ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagtime Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I was 8 at the time and we were taken from school across the road to a church were they had a tellie set up on the alter. I've been to the Parkes and Tidbinbilla dishes where they tracked the mission when it was over the southern hemisphere. There's a great scene in the movie The Dish were they leveled out the satellite dish and had a game of cricket in it while waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 54 minutes ago, Boycie said: Least it’s not Lance mate, chin up. My uncle is called Michael Jackson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 2 hours ago, BarrowRam said: I’ve been waiting for this thread to come around. When Apollo 11 went to the moon I was five. It’s a cross I’ve had to bare for fifty years. The reason why is because my name is Neil Armstrong. I bet your Buzzing mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Great to see the thread (thanks @DarkFruitsRam7). Sometimes if giving talks I claim this is my earliest memory, but that's a bit of a stretch as I was only three. The whole Sagan family had gathered at my parents to see it and I'm told I was plucked from my bed and brought into the front room to watch those famous steps on our black and white telly. Do I remember it? Memory is a very difficult thing to pin down. That said, I absolutely remember Apollo 13 which was only a year later, and wondering if the astronauts would make it back. I've just written a book about the future that has a chapter on Space Travel and Colonization. Here's the opening, mentioning the stunning leaps forward in powered flight up until Apollo 11, and how we've regressed since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 11 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said: My uncle is called Michael Jackson. Good name, that. I once met a man named Michael Jackson, and he changed my life. For those of you who want to know a little about beer, this is a good place to start... http://www.beerhunter.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 19 hours ago, SchtivePesley said: Michael Collins is an interesting one. Never got the same attention as the others, because he was the designated driver and got to just sit there orbiting the moon. Has a man ever been more alone than those moments when his craft went to the dark side of the moon and he lost contact with the entire human race? Sounds like heaven to me. He can claim to be the person who has been the furthest away from Earth but bloody Armstrong gets all the credit doesn't he. I would be like "OI ARMSTRONG, NOOOOO!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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