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Buffalo Bob · 07-10-2019, 09:52 PM

Watching the last part of the 3 part 2 hrs each "Chasing the Moon" series on PBS. I was 8 when we landed on the moon and always watched the news and read newspapers. The series started at the beginning of space exploration in the 50's and chronicled the race to space with the USSR.

It covered a lot of misinformation on the Apollo program and non disclosure of negative events. At the time it was reported the Apollo 1 testing fires caused instant death of the astronauts. They played the tapes in the documentary and you hear the astronauts yelling fire and they needed help. It was said they lived for about a minute. It also showed all the lunar module testing crashes that were unknown to the public at the time. They crashed and exploded a couple times but the pilots ejected out and were not injured.

Showed a lot of JFK and some of his speeches. If he was in the 2020 Democratic primary he would probably get 5% of the vote if that.

07-10-2019, 09:52 PM	#14
Buffalo Bob The Starter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Beaverdam Virginia Age: 64 Posts: 2,137	Re: The "What are you watching right now" Thread Watching the last part of the 3 part 2 hrs each "Chasing the Moon" series on PBS. I was 8 when we landed on the moon and always watched the news and read newspapers. The series started at the beginning of space exploration in the 50's and chronicled the race to space with the USSR. It covered a lot of misinformation on the Apollo program and non disclosure of negative events. At the time it was reported the Apollo 1 testing fires caused instant death of the astronauts. They played the tapes in the documentary and you hear the astronauts yelling fire and they needed help. It was said they lived for about a minute. It also showed all the lunar module testing crashes that were unknown to the public at the time. They crashed and exploded a couple times but the pilots ejected out and were not injured. Showed a lot of JFK and some of his speeches. If he was in the 2020 Democratic primary he would probably get 5% of the vote if that.