Apollo 11: 40 Years - Toyota Yaris Forums

eTiMaGo · 07-20-2009, 10:18 AM

I'm surprised nobody has posted about this (yet?) but today is the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, one of the most iconic achievements of the 20th century.

So, old timers, what were you doing when the new broke? I'm sorry I was not alive then, but I hope to watch the first human Mars landing someday

KCALB SIRAY · 07-20-2009, 10:51 AM

I wasn't there either, but love the mystery of the moon. Here are a few pictures of this awesome trip

eTiMaGo · 07-20-2009, 11:06 AM

did they have the rover on the first trip though? Thought they were only on foot? Anyway thanks for the pics

KCALB SIRAY · 07-20-2009, 11:31 AM

oops, picked the wrong picture out of the bunch. There were four that were to go with the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 and one for parts.

PETERPOOP · 07-20-2009, 11:42 AM

we didn't land on the moon.....

Darb · 07-20-2009, 12:00 PM

http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song

yaris-me · 07-20-2009, 12:27 PM

It was big news. They carried it live. People around the world watched. For days the lead story in the news paper was about the moon landing.

TLyttle · 07-20-2009, 12:47 PM

I always wonder at the fact that 5% of the US population still doesn't believe that the moon landing took place, and that it was all staged (maybe in Area 51!). I mean, there are cynics, then there are cynics...

Altitude · 07-20-2009, 06:19 PM

Who knew we had so many astro-physicists, rocket scientists and radiation specialists at YarisWorld! I'm speaking of the conspiracy theorists of course.

Bob Dog · 07-20-2009, 06:42 PM

It was the firstirst time I ever got high on anything illegal. We got completly stoned out of our brains and went outside, looked at the moon and tried to see the astronauts......Many, many sober moons have passed since then, been ztone cold sober since the week thatJerry Garcia died, in '95.

supmet · 07-20-2009, 06:50 PM

^^ such a rad story.

Bob Dog · 07-20-2009, 06:53 PM

It is truth. I expect there are a couple thousand people in this country who could honestly say the exact same thing..

ChinoCharles · 07-20-2009, 08:06 PM

If it surprises you that a larger-than-normal contingent of Yaris owners think we didn't go to the moon, you haven't been here long enough.

Bob Dog · 07-20-2009, 08:11 PM

We looked & looked, but we never spotted them.....

GeneW · 07-20-2009, 09:14 PM

I remember the landing and the walking on the moon. The videos sucked but I still remember the "magic".

Too bad that it was a theatrical stunt and not something meant to last. Helped us avoid World War III by convincing the Russians we could beat them.

Gene

PETERPOOP · 07-21-2009, 01:19 AM

what have i done....

SilverBack · 07-21-2009, 01:33 AM

I doubt my family knew of it. Back then they were still in India when TV and radio were considered a luxury

But I did clock a bully back in high school pretty hard once. Someone ask NASA if he's doing okay up there lol

*jclo3313* · 07-21-2009, 02:06 AM

This is a huge day for me. With the loss of my father who had worked in the areospace industry for over 45 years, the aniversary of the lunar landing rings home to me. I have grown up on the space program and feel that mans greatest acheivment in exploration should be remembered.

07-20-2009, 10:18 AM	#1
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	Apollo 11: 40 Years I'm surprised nobody has posted about this (yet?) but today is the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, one of the most iconic achievements of the 20th century. So, old timers, what were you doing when the new broke? I'm sorry I was not alive then, but I hope to watch the first human Mars landing someday __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

07-20-2009, 10:51 AM	#2
KCALB SIRAY それを吸ってください View User's Garage Drives: black sand lb Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 8,894	I wasn't there either, but love the mystery of the moon. Here are a few pictures of this awesome trip __________________ http://lifesdailypimpslap.tumblr.com/#me My Build

07-20-2009, 11:06 AM	#3
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	did they have the rover on the first trip though? Thought they were only on foot? Anyway thanks for the pics __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

07-20-2009, 11:31 AM	#4
KCALB SIRAY それを吸ってください View User's Garage Drives: black sand lb Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 8,894	oops, picked the wrong picture out of the bunch. There were four that were to go with the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 and one for parts. __________________ http://lifesdailypimpslap.tumblr.com/#me My Build

07-20-2009, 12:00 PM	#6
Darb Bear Traffic Controller Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,833	http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song __________________ Darryl Kids Playing Chase On Freeways Get Smashed.

07-20-2009, 11:42 AM	#5
PETERPOOP View User's Garage Drives: 08 white liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Oahu Posts: 3,674	we didn't land on the moon.....

07-20-2009, 12:27 PM	#7
yaris-me Learn to Relax Drives: 2007, Meteorite, LB Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 2,070	It was big news. They carried it live. People around the world watched. For days the lead story in the news paper was about the moon landing.

07-20-2009, 12:47 PM	#8
TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	I always wonder at the fact that 5% of the US population still doesn't believe that the moon landing took place, and that it was all staged (maybe in Area 51!). I mean, there are cynics, then there are cynics...

07-20-2009, 06:19 PM	#9
Altitude Drives: '08 LB MT Bayou Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,671	Who knew we had so many astro-physicists, rocket scientists and radiation specialists at YarisWorld! I'm speaking of the conspiracy theorists of course. Last edited by Altitude; 07-20-2009 at 06:41 PM.

07-20-2009, 06:42 PM	#10
Bob Dog DARK PHASE OF THE MOON Drives: 07 liftback Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: the Boondocks, NC Posts: 993	It was the firstirst time I ever got high on anything illegal. We got completly stoned out of our brains and went outside, looked at the moon and tried to see the astronauts......Many, many sober moons have passed since then, been ztone cold sober since the week thatJerry Garcia died, in '95.

07-20-2009, 06:50 PM	#11
supmet Banned View User's Garage Drives: 2007 4 Door Yaris Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,357	^^ such a rad story.

07-20-2009, 06:53 PM	#12
Bob Dog DARK PHASE OF THE MOON Drives: 07 liftback Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: the Boondocks, NC Posts: 993	It is truth. I expect there are a couple thousand people in this country who could honestly say the exact same thing.. Last edited by Bob Dog; 07-20-2009 at 07:07 PM.

07-20-2009, 08:06 PM	#13
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	If it surprises you that a larger-than-normal contingent of Yaris owners think we didn't go to the moon, you haven't been here long enough.

07-20-2009, 08:11 PM	#14
Bob Dog DARK PHASE OF THE MOON Drives: 07 liftback Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: the Boondocks, NC Posts: 993	We looked & looked, but we never spotted them.....

07-20-2009, 09:14 PM	#15
GeneW Banned Drives: 2008 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,034	I remember the landing and the walking on the moon. The videos sucked but I still remember the "magic". Too bad that it was a theatrical stunt and not something meant to last. Helped us avoid World War III by convincing the Russians we could beat them. Gene

07-21-2009, 01:19 AM	#16
PETERPOOP View User's Garage Drives: 08 white liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Oahu Posts: 3,674	what have i done....

07-21-2009, 01:33 AM	#17
SilverBack Joey View User's Garage Drives: '14 Scion xD 5-speed Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: El Monte, Ca Posts: 3,529	I doubt my family knew of it. Back then they were still in India when TV and radio were considered a luxury But I did clock a bully back in high school pretty hard once. Someone ask NASA if he's doing okay up there lol __________________ Formerly owned Met-Met. '07 Yaris LB 5-speed. A forum post should be like a skirt: Long enough to cover the subject but short enough to keep things interesting. "I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem." -Hank Hill

07-21-2009, 02:06 AM	#18
jclo3313 Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Absolutely red Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Woodstock, Ga Posts: 7,816	This is a huge day for me. With the loss of my father who had worked in the areospace industry for over 45 years, the aniversary of the lunar landing rings home to me. I have grown up on the space program and feel that mans greatest acheivment in exploration should be remembered. __________________ Obama Can't Gymkhana!

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