Apollo 8 was launched on December 21, 1968. I was in the 8th grade and being a space crazy kid, was ecstatic over this first trip to the Moon.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2421/1
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2421/1
westexasflats":13yio7gh said:I was in the Mekong Delta hiding behind a rice paddie levy
oldfat&bald":3ovco570 said:westexasflats":3ovco570 said:I was in the Mekong Delta hiding behind a rice paddie levy
Sounds like you and my dad could swap stories.
Old Bearkat":1pd0ya8m said:I was a model rocket nut at this time (and still am).
Anyone else get into shooting rockets as a kid?
Anyone else still doing them?
And in my case, it woulda turned my hide the most amazing shade if red when mom & daddy found out..rainjacktx":3c96iu5o said:I was a huge fan chasing my sister around the house a homemade flamethrower. You know, grab a can of mom's Aqua-Net, get a good spray going, then light a match in front of the can.
FYI - it will turn the screen door the most amazing shade of glowing orange for a few seconds.
Yep, and them pear burners played hell with rattlerssmokeyjoe53":1oiezrud said:We used to do something similar but with butane fueled pear burners. We would be freezing on the back sides and roasting on the front. I still remember seeing the stickers glowing red then curling up.
Can't say I miss those good old days. ..................
twodollarbill":lprjpy1c said:And in my case, it woulda turned my hide the most amazing shade if red when mom & daddy found out..rainjacktx":lprjpy1c said:I was a huge fan chasing my sister around the house a homemade flamethrower. You know, grab a can of mom's Aqua-Net, get a good spray going, then light a match in front of the can.
FYI - it will turn the screen door the most amazing shade of glowing orange for a few seconds.
granger":25qraa0r said:Huge Estes rocket builder. We still do it. As a matter of fact, we've been so busy, we hadn't since the spring and my youngest son saw some of our rockets in the garage while we were putting up Christmas lights this weekend and asked if he could go through the box and sort out what we need.
Our biggest problem has been losing them in the city when there is any wind. My brother and I were working on creating a small chip you could attach to them and track the rockets with an app. He's the real engineer in the family and has manufacturing contacts in Asia. There are some products out there, but they are expensive. We got busy and scrapped it.
On another note, Neil DeGrasse-Tyson was in town this week filming an interview and my oldest got to go with the wife. He's this generation's spokesman for science. Amazing speaker. The promo is because they are re-releasing the original 13 episodes of Carl Sagan's Cosmos this year.
Now when it cames to homemade explosives, nothing beat a cannon made of metal tennis ball cans, gasoline and tennis balls! I am amazed we still have all of our limbs and never burned down anyone's house.
CowboyP":2mnk6b5z said:I used alcohol for my tennis ball cannon.
CowboyP":3uxohxgz said:I used alcohol for my tennis ball cannon.