Ветеран Вьетнама Кип Попп делится воспоминаниями о первом высадке на Луну

To subscribe, click here Writes Vietnam veteran Kip Pope: I proudly recall being mesmerized by watching Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin become the first persons to land on the moon. It was July 1969, and I was at boot camp at Fort Riley, Kansas, training for two years’ active duty in the Army. It was the only time we were allowed to watch TV during our six weeks of rigorous training. We were thrilled to witness it in the relative coolness of our barracks after returning from a long day of marching in the blistering July heat of the Kansas summer. I was captivated by the mission. I had been fascinated with the moon since early childhood. A friend and I used to gaze at it through a small telescope that we made from a round Quakers Oats box, a couple of lenses and a mirror in sixth or seventh grade from our front yard on West Charles Street in Champaign. In junior high, my parents gave me a 40-power reflecting telescope. I watched and took pictures of the moon through it, which led to my later taking a year of astronomy at the U of I under Professor James Kaler.