51st Anniversary of first Landing on the Moon

[Alamo]

51 years. Holy smokes.

This article touts some moon landing video improved with AI techniques similar to what was done with They Shall Not Grow Old. To conserve film (actual film how quaint) the frame rates were kept pretty low when filming on the Moon, so the video quality suffered. The new techniques have smoothed this out. Cool beans.

Article: https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-this-old-apollo-footage-get-upgraded-into-a-60-fps-masterpiece

Youtube channel of the guy who did this, who apparently does it for fun and likes on Youtube. He also has a patreon page in case you want to send him some bucks.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRGEIYuo_HbUR6GhFLeEkPA


First step onto the Moon:
[video=youtube;0yvCbt_vw-M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yvCbt_vw-M&t=310s[/video]


Four-wheelin' during Apollo 15:
[video=youtube;boFZ3cAws20]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boFZ3cAws20[/video]

 

[printcraft]

Wait... you believe in the moon?!

 

[Dirtebiker]

I remember it like it was yesterday.
i was 8 years old and had been keeping a scrapbook with all the pictures and articles from the Indianapolis Star for about a year at this point. I was mesmerized watching the tv! I wanted to be an astronaut. Wish I had that scrapbook now.

 

[cbhausen]

Arguably the greatest achievement in human history and 51 years later humans haven’t ventured beyond earth’s moon. I was 5 and remember the Apollo 11 coverage.

I’m totally stoked about SpaceX and I’m SO looking forward to the first mission to Mars.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I was 9 and remember Mom and Dad letting me stay up to watch it all unfold on our black and white TV. Used to make models of the Saturn V and the LEM too.

 

[AdventureTeamJoe]

Dad and I watched on our 13 inch black and white television. He also managed to capture Armstrong's first step on 8mm film which has since been transferred to DVD. To this day, it's amazing to see this historic moment on our home movies.

 

[AtTheMurph]

I got to play golf with Neil Armstrong in the late 80s. My wife is friends with his niece and was in the wedding.
He was a really nice guy. Not a really good golfer.

 

[churchmouse]

I was 19. Watched it on our soon to fail TV so the picture was a bity wonkey but I did watch it.

 

[Alamo]

I was 9 and remember Mom and Dad letting me stay up to watch it all unfold on our black and white TV. Used to make models of the Saturn V and the LEM too.

I was 9 also. B&W TV. Pretty sure I was sitting on the floor while Dad and Mom had the couch. Dad was a Government QA guy at Allison in Indianapolis where the fuel tanks for the lunar module and the command module were built. I grew up hearing about the Apollo program, and I built a bunch of models of those things (plus the Sat V stack).

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I was 9 also. B&W TV. Pretty sure I was sitting on the floor while Dad and Mom had the couch. Dad was a Government QA guy at Allison in Indianapolis where the fuel tanks for the lunar module and the command module were built. I grew up hearing about the Apollo program, and I built a bunch of models of those things (plus the Sat V stack).

Same here (on the floor), but Mom and Dad each had their own recliners.

 

[Studio 417]

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[chocktaw2]

Back then, we could get it done, and it was primitive to say the best.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Back then, we could get it done, and it was primitive to say the best.

Most of us probably have more computing power in our smartphones than what they had in the spacecraft back then. Boggles the mind.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

So you all were old enough to watch the conspiracy being filmed?

My high school physics teacher actually debunked the conspiracy theory. Apparently HAM radio operators could hear the radio transmissions, and by triangulating the signals they could determine that they were indeed coming from the moon.

 

[chocktaw2]

Most of us probably have more computing power in our smartphones than what they had in the spacecraft back then. Boggles the mind.

Have you ever watched https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/?

 

[chocktaw2]

Have you ever watched https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/?

These are the folks that made it happen. It is all in the #'s, still is. This will never change.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Have you ever watched https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/?

No I haven't but that looked like a great movie and story!