On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 14:39:44 -0500 Curley McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Here is to all the guys with the "right stuff" who became the original > 7, and the additional guys in the Gemini and Apollo programs. Here is an exchange from my other email list. Craig ---------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [GWR] Fw: A tribute to Neil and Buzz Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 21:36:33 +0000 Hello Everyone, Here is an exchange with Dr. Volker Vahrenholt, the son of Professor Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt, who has helped us greatly in the climate battles. Both father and son are distinguished PhDs from Germany. Gordon ________________________________ Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 2:14 PM To: Volker Vahrenholt Cc: Prof. Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt Subject: Re: A tribute to Neil and Buzz Thank you Volker, That is a great animation of the Apollo 11 moon mission, showing many of the important technical details that are frequently overlooked. With that much complexity, we have to marvel that everything went according to plan. Although the first moon landing occurred 50 years ago, I remember it well. I was spending the summer here in the Pacific Northwest and on a rock climbing trip with a fellow graduate student from the University of Chicago. We were both close to taking our qualifying exams for the physics program. But that day we were out climbing near Leavenworth, Washington. That is a town modeled on a Bavarian village. We listened to the moon landing on our car radio and then went out rock climbing when the announcer said that it would be several hours before Neil Armstrong would emerge onto the lunar surface. Of course, Armstrong and Aldrin did not wait that long. So we missed hearing his "One small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind." But we quickly packed up our gear and headed into town to see if we could find a TV to watch Armstrong and Aldrin walking on the moon. When we finally found a TV in a bar, we watched with great fascination. But we were the only ones interested, as most were too busy drinking! It was surreal - no one else was interested! Today, I find myself working with Harrison Schmitt, another of the Directors of the CO2 Coalition, on climate issues. Harrison is the only scientist (geologist) to have walked on the moon and the most recent living person to have done so. Armstrong is long gone, and Aldrin and Collins are close to 90 years old. Good to hear from you! Please give my regards to your father. Gordon ________________________________ Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 10:13 AM To: Gordon Cc: Prof. Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt Subject: A tribute to Neil and Buzz Hello Gordon, How are you? Since 50 anniversary of moon landing, here is a tribute to Neil and Buzz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7FdTL256Cg Have fun! Volker _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
