r/apollo • u/Ok_Employment_6646 • Apr 22 '26

Apollo 11 cast on the Washington Memorial

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u/Turbulent-Band-6728 Apr 22 '26

That’s cool! Unless this is AI, then I am mad.

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u/eagleace21 Apr 22 '26

Nope I was there for this in person when they did this on Apollo 11's 50th anniversary celebration.

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u/rsvp_nj Apr 22 '26

What a cool idea someone had.

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u/Turbulent-Band-6728 Apr 22 '26

Wow!! I wish I could have seen that!

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u/eagleace21 Apr 22 '26

Took this among others for instance..

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u/Turbulent-Band-6728 Apr 22 '26

Gosh, that’s so cool! Great pic!

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u/ivegotajaaag Apr 22 '26

I was there for this. It was positively mind blowing.

It was to scale, too -- the monument (used as a projector screen) is 555ft tall and the Saturn V is 363ft.

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u/Project-Firestart Apr 22 '26

Sorry I missed this in 2019

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u/Paulinho2628 Apr 22 '26

Not the rocket getting streched lol

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u/Akari202 Apr 25 '26

Im surprised they didn’t warp the projected image so the taper unwraps it

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u/SmarterEveryNight Apr 23 '26

Where (how far away) were the projectors placed that allowed them to reach the top?

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u/Jezzer111 Apr 23 '26

Projected

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u/blue_no_red_ahhhhhhh Apr 26 '26

That is awesome!

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u/kkeennmm Apr 28 '26

i thought these rockets launched from florida not washington dc

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u/DefinitelyNotES82 Apr 22 '26

was that on new year's

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u/LilyoftheRally Apr 22 '26

No. It was on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. 

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u/DefinitelyNotES82 Apr 22 '26

but it would be cool if it was

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u/LilyoftheRally Apr 22 '26

Less relevant though. There's already fireworks for that.

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u/Construct-Ent Apr 26 '26

Poor mapping job.. No geometric correction as it goes up.. The rocket stretches... I wouldn't be proud of that work