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Chris375 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 4:21 pm
As an aside I have been fortunate to have met two of the astronauts who walked on the moon. One was James Irwin (Apollo 15) a long time ago when I was at secondary school and the other was Charlie Duke (Apollo 16 and CapCom for the Apollo 11 moon landing).
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He looks really down to earth.
He certainly was when Chris saw him…
Neil
Thanks for explaining my joke back to me, Neil
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timepieces_and_bags wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:33 pm
How he'd never landed an Eagle?
Al Shepard came closest. He used a 6 iron on the 14th at Fra Mauro. Ed Mitchell reckoned he took a big McDivot.
iain wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:47 am
At the risk of going off topic even further. If anyone isn’t already aware of this then I’d highly recommend the BBC world service podcast series 13 minutes to the moon. Series one is about the moon landing but also covers the history and development of the Apollo space program. Series two is all about Apollo 13. Both are well worth listening to.
Thumbs up for the podcasts. They’re excellent. I’d also recommend Andrew Chaikin’s brilliant book. Best I’ve read on the subject, because he tells it really well without dumbing down.
Good afternoon everyone, I owned a Bel Canto and regrettably missed the tickets release date for tomorrow's event in London, by any chance anyone has a single spare ticket please?
Happy to pay of course
timepieces_and_bags wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 5:28 pm
To be fair I'm not sure that statistical slip-up is one that's appeared on much if any official marketing material, though I did find one reference in this WatchPro article: "This tiny but meaningful detail marks the 25th astronaut on the moon, reflecting the limited production of just 25 pieces."
Another good podcast about the moon landing is 13 Minutes to the Moon published by the BBC. Awesome archival audio and great interviews from the people that were involved. I might have to listen to this one again myself!
