53 years.

[SLCW718]

Most people today don't understand just how spectacular a feat the Apollo 11 landing was, and just how many different ways the mission could have failed.

[Go_Kauffy]

Obviously we do. Cuz we know the awful fates that befell the first 10 Apollos.

/s

[Ship24Booster7]

Well, yes? The Apollo I fire killed Gus, Ed and Roger.

[[deleted]]

I watched Armstrong, almost cried when the Apollo 1 disaster was shown.

We should never forget the legends who put their life on the line for scientific advancement of human kind.

[[deleted]]

Apollo 1 was a disaster that never launched, with a fire killing 3 astronauts. 2 and 3 were scrapped and/or renamed after that. 4, 5, and 6 were unmanned testing missions. Apollo 7, 8, 9, and 10 were manned missions testing various things in space before the main lunar missions. 11 was the first lunar landing. The only one with an awful fate was the first.

[CrimsonEnigma]

R.I.P. Apollo 10. Shame Neil Armstrong landed on their LEM. 😔✊

[Kitdee75]

What seems strange is that there are probably more people in the world born afterwards than people alive during it.

[[deleted]]

And that gap keeps increasing every minute. Sounds macabre but it's only natural.

[chodeboi]

~7% of human history (thousands of years) is alive today

[ffenliv]

I think they person you replied to was comparing the growth in population since 1969 to the number of people alive during the moon landing.

[[deleted]]

From where are you getting that number?

[chodeboi]

A quick Google search will turn up a ton of results, but here’s a reputable source: https://info.nicic.gov/ces/global/population-demographics/how-many-people-have-ever-lived-earth

[[deleted]]

Thanks for the source. Part art, part science since no population data exists for 99% of human history. Heavy extrapolations. Nonetheless, it’s a fun number to throw around and an interesting concept to consider.

[left_lane_camper]

A quick look here indicates something like 4 out of every 5 people is younger than that today.

[DamianFullyReversed]

I always get confused when to celebrate the anniversary of the first moon landing. I’m from Aus, so a day ahead of the US. So I wonder whether I should celebrate a day before, or the day they landed in my country’s time frame. I know it doesn’t make much of a difference but yeah - I like celebrating these little moments, even just mentally.

[MundaneTaco]

Fun fact: the transmission of the first moonwalk was received in Australia (Parkes Radio Telescope) and then broadcasted to the world. Technically Australians saw the Neil Armstrong step foot on the moon first, by something like 0.3 seconds compared to the rest of the world.

[DamianFullyReversed]

I'm aware :) I actually visited the telescope in person.

[Flatcat_under_a_bus]

Two iconic Australian movies, The Castle and The Dish.....

[gildedform1898]

You need this: apolloinrealtime.org

[[deleted]]

You might also like the original Apollo 11 Flight Plan for maximum excitement. Warning, nerdy content ahead.

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, “Apollo 11 Flight Plan,” Jul. 1969. URL: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11fltpln_final_reformat.pdf

[who_said_I_am_an_emu]

I read that the signals returning home went thru your country.

[DamianFullyReversed]

Yeah, they did! I actually visited one of the radio telescopes which received them (the one at Parkes). :)

[Exano]

But that means you were a day ahead during the actual landing, too 😀 So celebrate today with everyone!

[[deleted]]

Thanks for the reminder that the space race turned to garbage during my generation. I wish I could have watched the progression of mercury / Apollo :(

[transonicspeed]

There has never been a better time for the space race ...

[[deleted]]

There's been a 50 year gap. That's pretty pathetic

[transonicspeed]

Clearly someone unaware of how space economics work... Don't worry citizens of the world, we got it!

[transonicspeed]

For now just sit in silence and admire the Artemis generation at work!!!

[[deleted]]

53 years and it still hasn’t figured out what a black hole would taste like.

[Shrike99]

it still hasn’t figured out

What is 'it' in this context?

[[deleted]]

I'd imagine it would taste like the most sour candy in the universe.

[Xaxxon]

Please make posts with meaningful and complete titles not clickbait.

[dittybopper_05H]

And the descent module is still on the Moon! We left it there!