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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Jeff Kell
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:39 AM
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Subject: Re: OT: Moon landing 40 years ago

I remember staying up staring at the television for the landing, and
seemingly taking forever before the first "big step".  I also remember
the suspense of having the first lunar orbital Apollo as it drifted
behind the moon into radio silence, and wondering if they would show up
on the other side.  There were a lot of "firsts" in the program besides
the obvious big one :-)

What I remember most about that time (68-70) was the Apollo chase,
Walter Cronkite doing the "21st Century" series, the release of "2001: A
Space Odyssey", and Woodstock (no wait, that's not relevant, is it?)

2001 was my first recollection of a seemingly realistic "computer"
portrayal, and until I actually sat in front of one five years later, my
idea of a "computer programmer" was someone plugging chips into one (the
reversal of how Hal was disconnected in the movie) and "teaching" it to
add, subtract, and speak. 

The world seemed to be marching toward "2001" at the time, and Arthur
Clarke certainly seemed like a prophet.  We had landed on the moon in
less than a decade, and given another 30 years, the spacebound wonders
of "2001" seemed entirely plausible.

How times change...

Jeff

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