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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 moon mission, dead at 97
In all, Lovell flew four space missions — and until the Skylab flights of the mid-1970s, he held the world record for the longest time in space.
nypost.com
Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 moon mission, dead at 97
Trailblazing Apollo 13 commander James Lovell, whose “calm” heroics helped prevent a failed moon mission from turning into an unthinkable tragedy, has died.
He was 97.
Lovell died in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement as the astronaut was remembered for a life that “inspired millions” over the last several decades.
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R.I.P.
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Went to the moon and lived damn near a century. Pretty much peak human existence. Godspeed.
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crazy to think about, i talk to residents here at the retirement home all day long and just pick their brain about how things use to be. blows my mind to see some of these 80+ year olds using ipads
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Using my grandmother as an example, in her lifetime she went from the small, self sufficient rural family farm of the 150+ years prior in American history to the changes of the early 21st century.
Things like phones, tv, cable, internet all happened in her living memory.
Then consider how much the speed of change has picked up and think what a person might see from the late 20th century to the late 21st (assuming we make it). Blows the mind.
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DubCoffman62
Lazy Slob
Just in our lifetime we went from rotary phones, cars without seat belts, TVs that needed 5 minutes to warm the tube and then maybe 10 channels max, transistor radios, phonographs that played 33rpm, 45rpms and 7 rpm records, 6 o'clock news, processed food being a novelty, same with fast food, pull tab beer and soda cans...
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8 tracks, cassettes, mini cassettes, CDs, iPods, Walkmans, boom boxes…so much music related changes.
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DubCoffman62
Lazy Slob
I hated 8 tracks, they changed track in the middle of songs and you couldn't rewind or fast forward, at least no with the 8 track player I had. Forced me to listen to whole albums which is probably a good thing. Got lots of deals in the bargain bins when those went out of fashion. I was very weary about buying cassettes. You could take good care of records and they'd last, cassettes would randomly get eaten in the tape deck.
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I personally went from using a party line phone as a kid in SW Ohio to today with the beginning of AI in less than 55 years.
Internet is what, less than 25 years old for the main stream public?
iPhones are less than 20 years old
AI is just getting started in the past 5 years or so (again for mass use, not early tech adopters).
It's impossible to imagine 100 years from now
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Jagdaddy
Head Coach
I suspect that the Earth will be quietly recovering in a largely post-human era. The shame is that we have or are very close to having all the tools we need to truly thrive, but because we're humans and evolve slowly, we won't take advantage of them, at least not without massive global wars first.
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DubCoffman62
Lazy Slob
Danielle Spencer, Sassy Young Star of ‘What’s Happening!!,’ Dies at 60
She survived a horrific auto accident during the sitcom's second season and went on to become a veterinarian.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
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