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What Do You Give To The Man Who Has Everything
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2021 Jul 29, 6:31am 205 views 2 comments
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clambo
2021 Jul 29, 7:26am
That’s cool.
Off the subject, I recall the time during the “space race.”
I was taken to see the ticker tape parade for John Glenn in Manhattan.
A few years later we went on a class outing to the United Nations and Sputnik was hanging from the ceiling, it was rather small.
A while later they took us out to Long Island to Grumman and we saw guys in bunny suits building the lunar lander.
Years later I did odd jobs in Martha’s Vineyard and met an engineer from Grumman, another time I met one who had a boat. They both worked for NASA.
Years later I went to Moscow for a tour that originated from England, and l saw the Vostok rocket, which was very small and unimpressive looking.
Once in college I attended a lecture and slide show by a professor Carl Sagan, which was before he was on TV so there was no crowd. He was interesting to say the least.
Years later I worked at a large company in Northern California and one of the guys in the engineering department had previously been building the rocket engines for the space program.
I later learned that at one time 400,000 people were working in the space program.
Those days were great, men were not belittled for being white Americans.
Off the subject, I recall the time during the “space race.”
I was taken to see the ticker tape parade for John Glenn in Manhattan.
A few years later we went on a class outing to the United Nations and Sputnik was hanging from the ceiling, it was rather small.
A while later they took us out to Long Island to Grumman and we saw guys in bunny suits building the lunar lander.
Years later I did odd jobs in Martha’s Vineyard and met an engineer from Grumman, another time I met one who had a boat. They both worked for NASA.
Years later I went to Moscow for a tour that originated from England, and l saw the Vostok rocket, which was very small and unimpressive looking.
Once in college I attended a lecture and slide show by a professor Carl Sagan, which was before he was on TV so there was no crowd. He was interesting to say the least.
Years later I worked at a large company in Northern California and one of the guys in the engineering department had previously been building the rocket engines for the space program.
I later learned that at one time 400,000 people were working in the space program.
Those days were great, men were not belittled for being white Americans.
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Tenpoundbass
2021 Jul 29, 9:56am
Tenpoundbass
2021 Jul 29, 9:56am
An ultimatum behind a pistol.
"Hands UP! Alright give me your stuff, and no one gets hurt!"
"Hands UP! Alright give me your stuff, and no one gets hurt!"
Andrew decided on a different course in life. He decided to become a space historian. He picked up some powerful allies and supporters along the way including the actor Tom Hanks. The 13-part miniseries From The Earth To The Moon was his creation. He has written numerous books on space. One incredible book was brought to my attention thanks to The Planetary Society.
NASA and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum have hundreds of thousands of photos taken during the time of the Apollo missions. Many photos were deteriorating and in a rough state. Andrew got approval to take all these photos and carefully process them using LightRoom and PhotoShop. His goal was to create a historical record that would remain long after we are gone. Elena works for hours each day on her photos of the last 20 years. I understand what Andrew went through. It truly was "a labor of love."
The result of all this hard work and devotion is a two-volume book set titled: A Man on the Moon.
https://www.foliosociety.com/usa/a-man-on-the-moon.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwo4mIBhBsEiwAKgzXOM0NizCXfw9A2-Wm5_G7feSSNLWuddkXETLqo5-ZftadV6IpzEXPgRoCb4EQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
You cannot find this on Amazon. One specialist publisher of high-end books sells it-The Folio Society.
I chose this as my birthday gift from all of you! ("What do you give to the man who has everything?)