Papa Joe,
Absolutely breathtaking every time I see it (earth rise over the moon), but the added history in that video was an another emotional experience for me. Proud to be an American!
Thanks,
- Jim
James Shaw wrote:
Papa Joe,
Absolutely breathtaking every time I see it (earth rise over the moon), but the added history in that video was an another emotional experience for me. Proud to be an American!
Thanks,
- Jim
Thanks for your comment James. I feel the same way.
To me, the moon landings were mankind's greatest engineering achievement. I have often wondered how many man years of effort it took. I don't know how many people worked full time on it. But if I assume 10,000 (NASA and all subcontractors) working for 8 years, that gives 80 thousand man years. And the work was done about 50 years ago! The latest consumer technology was color television and touch-tone telephone "dialing".
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