Comments on: Apollo 12: Remember, Remember http://lunarlandinghoax.com/2009/11/06/apollo-12-remember-remember/ Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Editor’s Essay: Do I Have A “Favourite” Apollo Astronaut? | Lunar Landing Hoax http://lunarlandinghoax.com/2009/11/06/apollo-12-remember-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Editor’s Essay: Do I Have A “Favourite” Apollo Astronaut? | Lunar Landing Hoax Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:15:45 +0000 http://lunarlandinghoax.com/?p=455#comment-179 [...] never masked the fact that I come at Apollo from an emotive rather than scientific level. I do have favourite missions. While I won’t let my personal feelings play with facts and figures and overall feeling, at [...] [...] never masked the fact that I come at Apollo from an emotive rather than scientific level. I do have favourite missions. While I won’t let my personal feelings play with facts and figures and overall feeling, at [...]

]]> By: LaurelHS http://lunarlandinghoax.com/2009/11/06/apollo-12-remember-remember/comment-page-1/#comment-136 LaurelHS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:46:45 +0000 http://lunarlandinghoax.com/?p=455#comment-136 Pete Conrad is a fun astronaut to quote (although I wouldn't repeat everything he says because someone might wash my mouth out with soap, LOL). When I say, "If you can't be good, be colourful" or tell people that Conrad's first words on the lunar surface were, "Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me!" it usually inspires laughter. I can relate to what you say about your fascination starting with the men involved in Apollo; one of the things I find most interesting is how the astronauts describe their extraordinary experiences. Pete Conrad is a fun astronaut to quote (although I wouldn’t repeat everything he says because someone might wash my mouth out with soap, LOL). When I say, “If you can’t be good, be colourful” or tell people that Conrad’s first words on the lunar surface were, “Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that’s a long one for me!” it usually inspires laughter.

I can relate to what you say about your fascination starting with the men involved in Apollo; one of the things I find most interesting is how the astronauts describe their extraordinary experiences.

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