A moment of silence - go out and look at the moon

His footstep on the Moon leads the way. I salute you, Neil.

I had the pleasure of meeting him briefly at a NASA/JPL function in 1986.
 
Yep, he had a spectacular life as pilot / astronaut and man on the moon.

Now what me always a bit puzzled was why these lunar photos, shot with the best cams that were available at the time (special designed hasselblads) and, I guess good films from Kodak, were a bit vague. Even the colored ones shot with the 6 x 6 hasselblad are not sharp - or is that the answer: the astronauts didn't / couldn't focus well with the camera's since they had these big helmets on...
 
Ron (Netherlands) said:
Yep, he had a spectacular life as pilot / astronaut and man on the moon.

Now what me always a bit puzzled was why these lunar photos, shot with the best cams that were available at the time (special designed hasselblads) and, I guess good films from Kodak, were a bit vague. Even the colored ones shot with the 6 x 6 hasselblad are not sharp - or is that the answer: the astronauts didn't / couldn't focus well with the camera's since they had these big helmets on...
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If I haven't missed my guess looking at a few of the EVA photographs, it looks like the ones they used outside were scale focus cameras. No prism/ground glass visible.
 
I still remember that July evening sitting in front of the TV watching History being made..
 
Indeed a sad day. I still have the commemorative coin I got as a 5 year old! I have a vivid memory of building the airfix kit of the Apollo rocket at my Gran's. He along with his fellow pilots and astronauts inspired many to want to fly including myself. RIP Neil Armstrong.
 
Taxes takin' my whole damn check,
The junkies make me a nervous wreck,
The price of food is goin' up,
An' as if all that crap wuzn't enough,
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
with Whitey on the moon

-Gil Scott-Heron

RIP Neal
 
Ron (Netherlands) said:
Now what me always a bit puzzled was why these lunar photos, shot with the best cams that were available at the time (special designed hasselblads) and, I guess good films from Kodak, were a bit vague. Even the colored ones shot with the 6 x 6 hasselblad are not sharp
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Try to get a copy of 'Full Moon' by Michael Light - it contains breathtakingly sharp prints of those Apollo missions - rescanned from the master negatives.

I will be taking out my Hasselblad with 60mm lens in his honour.
 
Growing up as a young child in the '70s, I worshipped his exploits. He was one reason I went to Navy flight school (Neil was a Naval Aviator, too). That was back when science and engineering were cool (now it's finance and banking, apparently).

Godspeed Neil Armstrong.
 
I've raised a glass or many to Neil tonight.

I would second FrozenInTime's recommendation of "Full Moon" by Michael Light. They are stupendously beautiful images.
 
In July of 1969, I was hitchhiking around Europe, having just graduated from college and wanting to see the world. Because of this, I was in a pension in Lyon, France the day Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.

The owner asked if my friend and I wanted to come up to her private residence to watch the historic event on TV. We both took her up on her offer.

Rest in Peace, Neil Armstrong.

Ellen
 
Terrible that he survived so many shoestring pieces of technology only to die of a complication of one of the most common operations. But fitting too in a grim sort of way.

In 1971 I was 11 and I knew by heart pages and pages of the conversation between Houston and the command module and the LEM of Apollo 11. A biography I read recently, First Man, is worth a read.

End of an era.
 
Ron (Netherlands) said:
Yep, he had a spectacular life as pilot / astronaut and man on the moon.

Now what me always a bit puzzled was why these lunar photos, shot with the best cams that were available at the time (special designed hasselblads) and, I guess good films from Kodak, were a bit vague. Even the colored ones shot with the 6 x 6 hasselblad are not sharp - or is that the answer: the astronauts didn't / couldn't focus well with the camera's since they had these big helmets on...
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I struggle to get good shots with the hasselblad without a space suit on :)

I find this site strangely enough the night before last and was studying the images on it, the photos are very hi-res, on the right below is shown at 100% -

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Have a look if you are interested - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/ under 70mm Hasselblad, there are also some Nikon F pics from Apollo 17

Cheers, Richard
 
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