[ The Apollo mission was a project that happens sometimes in history -- think The Great Wall of China, a massive project driven by the events of the time. The Cold War Soviets already set the bar by putting a satellite in orbit. All we the USA had was one big bluff. Soviets publicly said they would be 1st, also a bluff.
The public needed an ego boost so President Kennedy gets on TV and bluffs Soviets. (The rocket people in Army & Air Force had nothing.)
In the 1960's I lived outside Langley AFB on the Hampton side. Then I could walk across the bridge and look around and day dream (restricted areas are well marked and I knew better to test MPs. The contractors were everywhere; ID cards were available to family with limits - Adult accompanies minors.) Loved that wind tunnel.
1969 was magical.
In 1971 I was prepping for a holiday in SE Asia so the MOON was the last thing on my mind. -Now I'm just the #InvisibleCat called dutch. (Very Retired)
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[ The immortal words from Sugar Bates, "What are you going to do now?" #Banshee on @Cinemax.
Answer: I am posting video by people who know the Apollo mission inside and out - History lesson in crafts class.
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[ The ultimate space race of all time -- Build LEGO Saturn V that NASA produced to put man on the moon Apollo 11. The superpowers are Amy Shira Teitel and Adam Savage (they are on TV so they are equivalent in power.
Vintage Space - Going first with archive of live cast. Long with many bits of fact that may have never made it into NASA History Site and worth the time if you are like me and never did anything with LEGO. Mzz Amy AKA @astVintageSpace is a Space Historian and quite entertaining.
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[ Part 2. Lookit the kitty who is the supervisor no doubt.
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[Adam Savage is short at 20 minutes. His video is just a build with fast forward to save time. Three guys, a pretty bench, and no cat. Kind of show & tell for LEGO fans.
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