Thursday, July 16, 2009

Apollo 11 Video

While I was watching the restored Apollo 11 videos, I was trying to remember the first time I saw them. That may sound unusual but you must remember that in 1969, television in South Africa was still seven years away. The news paper was the only source of information on the landings and the news was at least a day old. I was only 7 years old but I nevertheless tried to read every article that was printed. What is peculiar, is that I can remember reading about the landings, but I have absolutely no recollection of the first time I saw the video of the landings.

Human memory is indeed strange.

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