060 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Series part 3: Experiencing The Apollo 11 Launch | David Chudwin, author of I Was a Teenage Space Reporter
Curiosityness
Travis DeRose
4.8 • 566 Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2019
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
David got to experience the Apollo 11 launch in person at NASA! In this episode he transports us back to that day and shares exactly what it looked, felt, and smelt like!
David was one of the only teenagers who managed to get NASA press credentials for the Apollo 11 mission. Those credentials gave him exclusive access to some incredible places and people. Give this episode a listen to understand what it was like to be there on that historic day.
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| 0:00.0 | Three, two, one, zero, |
| 0:03.8 | no. |
| 0:04.8 | Tranquility base here. |
| 0:06.8 | The Eagle has landed. |
| 0:07.8 | You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm at the foot of the ladder. |
| 0:12.0 | That's one small step for man. |
| 0:15.0 | One giant leap for man. |
| 0:17.0 | Beautiful. |
| 0:18.0 | Beautiful. |
| 0:19.0 | You. |
| 0:20.0 | Magnificent sight on here. |
| 0:35.1 | Welcome to episode 60 of Curiosityness, part three of the Moon Landing 50th anniversary series. |
| 0:39.8 | I'm Travis DeRose, the host, and this episode I have on David Chudwin, and David was actually at the launch of Apollo 11. He was a teenage space reporter. |
| 0:49.4 | He was a teenager who had NASA press credentials. So he literally goes through and tells us and describes exactly what it felt like, what he |
| 1:01.1 | saw, what it smelled like, everything like that of what it was like to be there on that day |
| 1:07.1 | and see the launch and then kind of be at NASA and have press credentials and access |
| 1:11.4 | to all that stuff throughout the whole mission throughout the whole Apollo 11 mission. |
| 1:15.4 | So it's really cool to talk to him and, you know, kind of get transported back in time and |
| 1:20.3 | feel like you were there. |
| 1:22.0 | So I think you're really going to enjoy this episode. |
| 1:25.6 | Without further ado, here is David Judwin. |
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