tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post4416860189755518669..comments2024-02-14T03:19:28.395-05:00Comments on Vagabond Journeys: Careful Composure 7/21/09DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144446186279708019noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-46556543839975908062009-07-21T23:00:27.249-04:002009-07-21T23:00:27.249-04:00Still, they were all as you say, ordinary Joes who...Still, they were all as you say, ordinary Joes who did their job. When things got hairy their training kicked right in, notice that? It begs the question: Was the mission more special than the men? I'd have to say yes. Which is why, long after memorials are built to Apollo 11, we'll always have little boys and girls gazing up at the night sky and wondering...<br /><br />Cathy said that ... and I agree with her!Big Mark 243https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-89862114600020576182009-07-21T18:58:04.132-04:002009-07-21T18:58:04.132-04:00Polemics duly pardoned. This was a very honest po...Polemics duly pardoned. This was a very honest post, I related to almost every word, having watched the same interviews and celebratory films yesterday you did. I have to say first, the "spirit" of space exploration has never truly diminished - it's those people whose names we never know, the ones of whom you speak, who've been tirelessly working toward the James Webb, the Mars exploration projects, the Titan voyages - and let's not forget all those who've lobbied for ages for the money needed to keep NASA and JPL alive. You're right though, as was Mr. Armstrong - so many unimportant things get more priority. Still, we're moving ahead faster and farther than at any time in our history of discovery. A completely new and more technologically savvy generation has sprung up since Apollo. You know DB, I think I understand why Neil got all the glory - instead of Allan Shepard who got there first, but didn't stop to play golf. Did you know Armstrong was the astronaut chosen to make that journey, and the good people in WA decided it was so risky they sent Shepard instead because Armstrong represented more the "all-American (Christian) male" and they didn't want to risk him - true! Politics. Still, they were all as you say, ordinary Joes who did their job. When things got hairy their training kicked right in, notice that? It begs the question: Was the mission more special than the men? I'd have to say yes. Which is why, long after memorials are built to Apollo 11, we'll always have little boys and girls gazing up at the night sky and wondering...Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788060917420508410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-25587349383028280112009-07-21T15:49:18.833-04:002009-07-21T15:49:18.833-04:00Not sure about Columbus, but I believe it took mon...Not sure about Columbus, but I believe it took months to cross the ocean. As for Mars, I believe it is more like 18 months, minimum.Ken Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425810816600512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-80240966470267415242009-07-21T15:22:06.332-04:002009-07-21T15:22:06.332-04:00Have you ever read The Right Stuff or seen the mov...Have you ever read The Right Stuff or seen the movie? Both are fascinating glimpses into the early days of astronauts.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149068921334726430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-56657507877385843722009-07-21T08:01:18.514-04:002009-07-21T08:01:18.514-04:00Fascinating and extremely apt observations. I have...Fascinating and extremely apt observations. I have nothing to add - just wanted you to know I was here!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619128793632680659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-60007678707427747192009-07-21T03:53:47.841-04:002009-07-21T03:53:47.841-04:00Oh DB, I could not help laughing at the end of you...Oh DB, I could not help laughing at the end of your journal. I was not laughing at you but to the humour addressed to the skeptics. <br /><br />The life I grew up with was kind of a vagabond journey having come from a military family. So all the discomforts just what those astrounauts had to put up with were experienced with much endurance, curiosity as part of the elements you enumerated in your conclusion.<br /><br />Glad that you know how to empathize with people who are ordinary. Achievements or accomplishments need not be of grandiose scale for us humans not to be able to attain and not for others to appreciate let alone recognize.<br /><br />History can never be forgotten. Always, am drawing interest in anything you write. Thank you so much.<br /><br />Cheers!Indayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591131757572208375noreply@blogger.com