# Coming up on 50th anniversary of the 1st moon landing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-up-on-50th-anniversary-of-the-1st-moon-landing/836838>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-up-on-50th-anniversary-of-the-1st-moon-landing/836838 "2019-07-10T15:08:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-up-on-50th-anniversary-of-the-1st-moon-landing/836838/21 "2019-07-12T12:44:39Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> And are you a purported “doctor”?
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> [sub]Someone had to say it.[/sub]

Actually, yes. And many people have said it.

My memory says we watched the landing in my elementary school class, but that could be completely wrong.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-up-on-50th-anniversary-of-the-1st-moon-landing/836838/22 "2019-07-12T12:48:54Z")

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It could depend on where you were at the time. I watched it here in the central time zone of the US and it was well after dark.

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-up-on-50th-anniversary-of-the-1st-moon-landing/836838/23 "2019-07-12T13:39:20Z")

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> [@Limmin](#):
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> Was a high school junior when the Challenger blew up. That was the first big blow to the space program and the first fatalities after the long years of nothing but success.

NB: Apollo 1 - Jan 27, 1967. RIP Gus Grissom, Ed White & Roger Chaffee.

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-up-on-50th-anniversary-of-the-1st-moon-landing/836838/24 "2019-07-12T13:42:20Z")

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> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#):
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> My memory says we watched the landing in my elementary school class, but that could be completely wrong.

Unlikely, given that it was a Sunday in July (not when elementary schools tend to be in session).

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-up-on-50th-anniversary-of-the-1st-moon-landing/836838/25 "2019-07-12T13:49:40Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> I watched it here in the central time zone of the US and it was well after dark.

Landing was at 3:17 pm CDT. Armstrong’s first step on the moon was at 9:56 pm.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-up-on-50th-anniversary-of-the-1st-moon-landing/836838/26 "2019-07-12T19:54:45Z")

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> [@Xema](#):
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> Unlikely, given that it was a Sunday in July (not when elementary schools tend to be in session).

You don’t know my school record!

Actually, now I’m quite sure I conflated that memory with one of the other landings that we did watch in school. No idea where I was for Armstrong’s one small step.

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