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Originally Posted by Rocket Boy
My parents had taken me to see the actual Launch of Apollo 11 but a day prior to the event we were touring Hollywood.
Well I was only 3 y.o and happened to stray from the main group.
I ended up in the back lot in Paramount and there on stage 8, I stumbled onto Neil and Buzz "practicing" the landing ! 
So I guess I was the first person to see Neil step onto the moon......  |
And this is where the "conspiracy" started...thanks a lot RB!
But seriously, growing up in the US and being a young boy interested in all things space at the time was a magical time...the excitement and patriotism that swept the country was incredible.
I grew up one state over from Neil Armstrong and he went to University at Purdue University (you might recognize the school mascot in my signature), the "school for astronauts" ( a whole heap of them have gone there)which is within an hours drive of where I grew up...as you can well imagine (and I am doing to) everyone seemed to be able to find some personal connection to the Apollo program...
For example, my mother told me that the Doctor who delivered me at birth and was my "baby" doctor, was hired by NASA and did the medical check-up on the astronauts after they got back to earth...she told that story hundreds of times.
I have no idea if that was really true or not but it did fuel my imagination and interst in space.
The Dish is a good movie and while I've not yet been to Parkes I have taken the kids to Tidbinbilla which is pretty amazing too!