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Is it just me getting old or do they all look so young?
The Apollo era rocket scientists seemed ancient in comparison.
Perhaps.....OTOH some of the Apollo controllers (the systems guys who we used to see on TV sat at their consoles in what was usually described as "Mission Control") were recruited straight from Uni and a few were working at the consoles by the age of 23-24. The legendary (in space flight circles) John Aaron saved Apollo 12 at the tender age of 26.
Their bosses, the Flight Directors (Krantz, Lunney et.al.) were a bit older..mid 30's.
Their boss, Chris Kraft, was an old man at the age of 45 when Apollo 11 landed on the Moon.
In any event there's no doubt many of them certainly looked young, even wearing what was fashionable for a young engineer at the time - take a look at John Aaron's picture in the wiki link below...looks to me like he should still be doing his homework.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aaron