I was in a performance of Mahler’s second symphony singing in the Harvard Summer School Chorus with the Dartmouth Summer School Orchestra. On the bus back to Cambridge, the moon landing was the main topic of conversation, after an exhilarating concert. It was a magical evening.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2024, at 3:46 PM, Leslie Turek <leslie.tu...@gmail.com> wrote: Around the time of the first moon landing, I was a member of the New England Science Fiction Society. The group worked with the sf writer Hal Clement to assemble an anthology of short stories that had been written in the past predicting the first landing on the moon. I think it was called "First Flights to the Moon" - I have a copy of it around somewhere. The thing that struck me was that not a single one of those stories anticipated that the expedition would be in real time video communication with the earth so that the entire world could see that first step. Leslie Turek On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 11:44 PM JMG at Lincolntalk <lincolnt...@jenniemorris.com<mailto:lincolnt...@jenniemorris.com>> wrote: That evening I was with a group of friends on campus, where we worked as a summer camp counselors with middle schoolers. We indulged in some then-illegal substances, and gathered in front of an old b&w TV. What struck me was not the grainy images, but the sound: I was really hearing voices from the moon in real time! That seemed most extraordinary. On Jul 21, 2024, at 10:14 PM, Vicki Konstandakis <vkonstanda...@gmail.com<mailto:vkonstanda...@gmail.com>> wrote: Small world Sent from my iPhone On Jul 21, 2024, at 10:12 PM, Vicki Konstandakis <vkonstanda...@gmail.com<mailto:vkonstanda...@gmail.com>> wrote: I was 19 years old in awe with the landing on the moon only to fast forward on my life to work in the NASA department at Draper lab - who were responsible for the guidance system and to work for the engineer who trained the astronauts for the guidance system. My son had a show and tell in the fourth grade where we showed the kids the actual NASA film of the landing. A helmet and gloves for them to try on. It was pretty cool but also pretty stinky :-) Sent from my iPhone On Jul 20, 2024, at 6:41 PM, JMG at Lincolntalk <lincolnt...@jenniemorris.com<mailto:lincolnt...@jenniemorris.com>> wrote: An old friend collected these stories 25 years ago: https://wherewereyou.com/ I think you can still add more. Jennie On Jul 20, 2024, at 3:34 PM, Leslie Turek <leslie.tu...@gmail.com<mailto:leslie.tu...@gmail.com>> wrote: I was in a tiny apartment in Harvard Square, watching on a tiny portable black and white TV with my new boyfriend. Leslie On Jul 20, 2024, at 2:30 PM, Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com<mailto:samat...@gmail.com>> wrote: Where were you? https://www.space.com/see-full-buck-moon-celebrate-apollo-55-anniversary -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org<mailto:Lincoln@lincolntalk.org>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org<mailto:Lincoln@lincolntalk.org>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org<mailto:Lincoln@lincolntalk.org>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
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