January 18Jan 18 2 minutes ago, LHookins said: There may have been reel to reel TV tape machines, but they weren't in public use, far as I know. Studios obviously had them. What I was talking about was a standard audio recording. I had a tape recorder at the time. Hook Got it. I remember who ever was commentating was getting pretty nervous they might run out of fuel. Tom MAKA = Make America Kind Again
January 18Jan 18 I was 6 years old, and I had no idea about a rocket to the moon, but my father woke me up to watch it with him. Thank again dad! A good and kind man he was, he passed away less than a month ago, on December 25, 2025, at the age of 91, still miss him. Edited January 18Jan 18 by Wildblue MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Plus | Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.3GHz | 64GB Corsair Vengeance | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 | 500 GB M.2 NVMe for win | 2TB M.2 NVMe for FS2024 | TrackIr v5 | Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo | Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Eric from EHAM, a flying Dutchman.
January 19Jan 19 Oops, I meant 1969. I was still not born, but almost. Man, I thought I was getting old, but a lot of you have got me beat! Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
January 19Jan 19 Commercial Member 3 hours ago, DD_Arthur said: When does the actual launch window open? About February 6-9. Luke Kolin I make simFDR, the most advanced flight data recorder for FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane.
January 19Jan 19 2 hours ago, Wildblue said: I was 6 years old, and I had no idea about a rocket to the moon, but my father woke me up to watch it with him. Thank again dad! A good and kind man he was, he passed away less than a month ago, on December 25, 2025, at the age of 91, still miss him. My condolences Wildblue. Though losing your Dad, especially on Christmas. Hang in there. Edited January 19Jan 19 by tdflightsim Tom MAKA = Make America Kind Again
January 19Jan 19 19 minutes ago, Luke said: About February 6-9. Thanks. Plenty of time to fix the leaks...or for it to leak more. Fingers, toes, infact just about everything crossed for the crew's wellbeing on this one.
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January 19Jan 19 Author 9 hours ago, tdflightsim said: Got it. I remember who ever was commentating was getting pretty nervous they might run out of fuel. Yep, Neil Armstrong who was piloting the lander was as cool as a cucumber. The surface was too rocky so he had to do some maneuvering to find a suitable place to land. Only a few seconds of fuel left, I recall. A circuit breaker broke before they left, too, so Aldrin had to jab a pen in it or they wouldn't have been able to ignite the ascent engine. Edited January 19Jan 19 by martin-w
January 19Jan 19 Geeeeeeez. I meant Tough, not though Wildblue. My dyslexia is getting worse. Tom MAKA = Make America Kind Again
January 20Jan 20 6 hours ago, tdflightsim said: Geeeeeeez. I meant Tough, not though Wildblue. My dyslexia is getting worse. Rest assured i heard you the first time Tom...and thank you again!! MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Plus | Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.3GHz | 64GB Corsair Vengeance | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 | 500 GB M.2 NVMe for win | 2TB M.2 NVMe for FS2024 | TrackIr v5 | Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo | Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Eric from EHAM, a flying Dutchman.
January 20Jan 20 Author Due to the nature of the orbit this will be the furthest human beings have gone. Edited January 20Jan 20 by martin-w
January 22Jan 22 Moderator On 1/18/2026 at 4:30 PM, LHookins said: There may have been reel to reel TV tape machines, but they weren't in public use, far as I know. Studios obviously had them. What I was talking about was a standard audio recording. I had a tape recorder at the time. Hook Consumer TV's of the time had no External Audio Input/Output capabilities, just the ability to connect an external TV Antenna that was mounted on the Roof of the house. You could Record Audio... by having a portable Cassette Recorder/Player with an external plug in Microphone, placing the Mic close to the TV's Speaker and pressing the "Record" button.
January 22Jan 22 46 minutes ago, ViperPilot said: You could Record Audio... by having a portable Cassette Recorder/Player with an external plug in Microphone, placing the Mic close to the TV's Speaker and pressing the "Record" button. This is exactly what I was talking about. 🙂 Floor mounted stereo systems didn't have external audio jacks either, so when I wanted to listen through headphones I bought a female jack and some wire and wired it directly to the speaker wires. This was about 1971, and was the old TRS jack similar to those used on old fashioned telephone switchboards. Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
January 22Jan 22 The good old days Hook. If they don't have it, why not create it yourself. That was fun back then and still is today, except we have about a billion times the resources today😃 Tom MAKA = Make America Kind Again
January 24Jan 24 Oooops? https://futurism.com/space/experts-warn-moon-rocket-nasa-heat-shield Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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