tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674192606176078067.post3006853089618156966..comments2023-05-02T11:34:45.330-04:00Comments on Thinking for Free: Way Cool....Kizhe the Couch Czarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046357500651886319noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674192606176078067.post-14926121833108158602009-07-18T19:10:52.667-04:002009-07-18T19:10:52.667-04:00As the article promises, there'll be plenty mo...<i>As the article promises, there'll be plenty more to come, including more of these sites at higher resolution. I can't wait.</i><br /><br />I mean: I wish there were more such sites, more such footprints up there. I hope there will be more, before too long.<br /><br /><i>Too bad Cronkite didn't live to see the anniversary Monday.</i><br /><br />There's an ironice poignancy there -- perhaps Cronkite's greatest moment as a broadcaster, and one of the brightest moments for the US, and the world, in the past 50 years.Eamon Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262012749524758120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674192606176078067.post-2116737949913559352009-07-18T11:22:37.990-04:002009-07-18T11:22:37.990-04:00Hi EK,
As the article promises, there'll be p...Hi EK,<br /><br />As the article promises, there'll be plenty more to come, including more of these sites at higher resolution. I can't wait. <br /><br />This morning, I was watching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_sWmD6NvMY" rel="nofollow">this video</a> of the CBS coverage of the Apollo 11 landing. That was the channel I watched when it happened. I was struck by several things. My recollection of the event was mainly like the beginning of the video - lots of stats overlaying the animation. I had forgotten that the animation was out of sync with the actual landing and that at the actual point of landing, there was nothing but the out-of-sync animation of the LM sitting on the surface on the screen. Also, I didn't recall the rough cuts to pictures of crowds watching the landing (was TV really that rough in those days?). And of course, the non-metric units mentioned kind of stand out these days. Even the Apollo 14 image you showed had a metric scale. Still, this video brings back some vivid, fond memories. Too bad Cronkite didn't live to see the anniversary Monday.<br /><br />βPerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com