Me too, absolutely. My father is a mirror image personality wise (and very similar in looks) to Alan Alda so I got to have Hawkeye in my life growing up.
The Lunar Module was built by Grumman Aerospace in Bethpage Long Island not far from where I live from 1962-1972. They hired a team of like 7,000 for this project and it was the first spacecraft Grumman ever built. As shown in the movie Apollo 13 it served as a lifeboat for the crew after the explosion on the service module. Grumman sent a towing bill to Rockwell (builder of the command module) as a joke after the astronauts returned!I was always interested in aircraft/aviation even as a very young child. I remember running with both arm outstretched, sand in my fists being released like contrails, while making jet noises.
I naturally moved up to space stuff and when Star Trek showed up in 1966, I was a huge fan. Yes, I had a model of the Enterprise hanging from my ceiling. When ST went into syndication later, I watched every day.
And yes, I still watch it now, once in a while. Watched the all the shows in a row a couple years ago during a marathon. My wife actually got interested a little then too. I watched some of the follow-on shows, but didn't really like them as much, until "Strange New Worlds" showed up on Paramount Plus. I like that one a lot. And the season finale last week brought reference to the old series. Very nice.
As time went by, I got very interested in the US space program. We lived in Maryland at the time and one of my sisters got a job at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). She brought home a wall chart like the one below. I followed that thing and Apollo 11 all the way. I even got to stay up late and watch Neil Armstrong put the first human steps on the lunar surface. Left an impression on me for sure!
Later in life, I entered the USAF and got my start in the space biz. After I got out, one of the places I worked was GSFC. The circle of life.
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How cool is that!then you guys need to get up to Ticonderoga, NY.
I don't consider myself a trekkie......I did buy a tribble though.
I worked with several of the Apollo 11 guys. One was in navigation, another was electrical and the last guy actually designed the video link for TV from the moon.
My cable company (Spectrum) has been adding free apps, like Paramount+, Hulu, HBOmax, Disney+ and others to my service. Makes it pretty nice.
I don't and will never pay for television. If you have to pay for Spectrum, that's not "free". Hell, those shysters even charge you to for something (Broadcast Television) which you can get 100% free. If I'm going to pay for something, it will be a Blu Ray that I can watch anyplace without the requirement to have an internet connection.
