46 years ago today…

AdamJoshua · 07-20-2015, 10:27 AM

Buzz and Niel landed on the moon, one of the greatest accomplishments in human history.

If you've never read some of their biographies it is so well worth it. The stories about the Original 7 and their missions are just amazing and awe inspiring and not just because I grew up next to Cape Kennedy, these were true heroes and just out and out studs.

One of my favorite stories is, to paraphrase, when they were getting ready to leave the moon and one of the breaker switches broke off, the one they needed to ignite the motor to get them off the moon, the only thing they had that they thought might work was a ballpoint pen, they were going to jam it in the hole where the breaker was and short it out, thus firing the motor.

When asked if they were worried that it wouldn't work the reply was not really because the motor never passed one of the tests back on Earth anyway. Yet they went anyway.

07-20-2015, 10:27 AM	#1
AdamJoshua Article 4 Free Inhabitant Join Date: Jan 2013 First Name: The Other Adam Location: Satellite Beach Posts: 14,787 Trading: (40)	46 years ago today… Buzz and Niel landed on the moon, one of the greatest accomplishments in human history. If you've never read some of their biographies it is so well worth it. The stories about the Original 7 and their missions are just amazing and awe inspiring and not just because I grew up next to Cape Kennedy, these were true heroes and just out and out studs. One of my favorite stories is, to paraphrase, when they were getting ready to leave the moon and one of the breaker switches broke off, the one they needed to ignite the motor to get them off the moon, the only thing they had that they thought might work was a ballpoint pen, they were going to jam it in the hole where the breaker was and short it out, thus firing the motor. When asked if they were worried that it wouldn't work the reply was not really because the motor never passed one of the tests back on Earth anyway. Yet they went anyway.