Comments on: Commemorating the Real Moonwalkers: Andrew Smith’s Moon Dust

By: Wanderlust Scarlett

Wanderlust Scarlett — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:48:32 +0000

*sigh*
If only we could have been there! But perhaps you and I will be among those to travel in space someday… for leisure maybe, if opportunity and possibility are kind to us.

;o)

I’m adding this one to my list right away!! Oh if I could have flown that high and that far. Aren’t the heavens an inspiration to the soul? Oh to touch them, to be there in them in a tangible way… but we can feel them now, inside us, in an almost visceral way.

XOXO
Ciao bella!

Scarlett & Viaggiatore

I’m with you, girl…something just so magical about all those stars….

By: Suzie

Suzie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:51:18 +0000

Ciao Bella,
just a quick note to let you know I have recieved my copy from Thomas Cook !!!!
And I am reading Lara’s guide about Calabria and looking at Tery’s photos with great curiosity !
GRAZIE, Thanks, Danke again
S.

PS: I am missing Badolato and Seminara… maybe next time when the review is due – or did’t you want grale hunters in your village and asked to be spared ?!?!

I had nothing to do with the content of the book; would love to see Badolato publicized more!

.-= Suzie´s last blog ..Calabria through an artist’s eye =-.

By: Rosina DeSantis

Rosina DeSantis — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:37:30 +0000

I actually remember where I was that day: I was at a neighbors bungalow in Southhampton, NY. He caught lobsters for dinner. Yeah, I’m part of the elite over 40 crowd.

Cool, and YUM!

By: Tumblemoose

Tumblemoose — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:55:12 +0000

Hi Michelle,

I had not heard of the book, but it is going on my list of books to read.

I am old enough to remember watching the landing on TV. Yikes.

George

No, that’s a fabulous thing George! I’m jealous

.-= Tumblemoose´s last blog ..Are you destined to be one kind of writer? =-.

By: coffeejitters (Judy Haley)

coffeejitters (Judy Haley) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:04:06 +0000

I dreamed of going to space camp too.

Sounds like a great story. I’ll add it to my list.

What do you associate with the July 20, 1969 moon landing? Ever since I saw Apollo 13 I think of Tom Hanks in his back yard blotting out the moon with his thumb while at the same time longing to go to the moon in such a visceral way that I can feel it too.

Apollo 13 is an awesome movie indeed.

.-= coffeejitters (Judy Haley)´s last blog ..Baby’s First Live Band =-.

By: jen of a2eatwrite

jen of a2eatwrite — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:41:02 +0000

I have so many associations that I’ll e-mail you. Like you, I was a wannabe, but I actually *was* alive and actually almost played my own small role in the NYC area.

Ooh fun! Can’t wait Jen

.-= jen of a2eatwrite´s last blog ..THE MISSING INK Blog Tour with Karen E. Olson =-.

By: Lisa Fantino, Esq.

Lisa Fantino, Esq. — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:03:29 +0000

Grazie, Michelle.
As we both know, our common interests seem to be divided only be a sea right now. Being an astronaut was always a priority for me but Physics 3 put the brakes on that……and well, here I am now as a litigator looking back. The promise of the lunar landing held so much more at a time where the world was divided by so much. It was not unlike today but today there is no common goal, sadly, no unity of optimism. My memories of that summer of ’69 detailed for you on my blog.
Now I understand why you miss your friend William so much. He sounded like a great guy!

Indeed, and I have to admit, my desire had already waned by the time I got to the chance to take Physics…plus I never would’ve passed the eyesight requirements anyway

.-= Lisa Fantino, Esq.´s last blog ..Westchester attorney Lisa Fantino remembers the summer of 1969 full of possibilities =-.

By: paul of the clue-by-four

paul of the clue-by-four — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:04:26 +0000

I watched the liftoff and the landing, starting a lifetime of full space geekiness. I’m going to try and make it down to Florida to see one of the last Shuttle launches, too.

One of the most interesting things about the article in Time magazine about the moonmen is how “Buzz” Aldrin is really making a comeback from being sort of the Apollo 11 also-ran. He lost a child right before the mission, and afterwards struggled with alcoholism and depression. Lately, though, he’s been much more in the public eye as Armstrong becomes increasingly reclusive.

And it’s fitting: in addition to having the coolest nickname of any historical figure since “Wild” Bill Hickok, it’s “Buzz” Aldrin’s image – not Armstrong’s – that comes to mind when we think of a man on the Moon: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/aldrin.html

Love Buzz! There was an interview with him on the History Channel on 20 July…yay!

.-= paul of the clue-by-four´s last blog ..one big deal for a three-year-old =-.

By: LUCY

LUCY — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:41:34 +0000

I was! I was 4! My dad took pictures of the tv...lol. Pretty smart of your dad! .-= LUCY´s last blog .. =-.

By: Deb R

Deb R — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:01:00 +0000

I remember being at our summer camp and seeing this on TV live. It was amazing. My mom and gram talked about it, and how this could not be "real". A few years later while we were at camp again watched Nixon famous speech during Watergate! Hah, what camp memories you have, Deb! .-= Deb R´s last blog ..Rain, Rain Go Away! =-.