What if Apollo had crashed on the Moon ?
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- Опубликовано: 2 мар 2017
- For all of the celebrations surrounding the first manned lunar landing of Apollo 11 in 1969, what is forgotten today is just how close they and the other Apollo missions flew to the edge of disaster.
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Apollo 11 came within seconds of aborting the landing because they had over shot the landing area and were running low on fuel.
This was only one of several issues with the Apollo missions that arose that could have led to the loss of the mission and crew, though as it turned out only Apollo 13 came close to this happening. This excludes the Apollo 1 accident where the crew died because of a fire as they rehearsed a launch on January 27th, 1967.
Apollo 12 was struck by lightning twice a during the launch and although it knocked several electrical systems, the main navigation system continued to work and the rest of the mission proceeded successfully.
On Apollo 16 the engine back up system malfunctioned on the command module as it orbited the moon which resulted in the flight being 1 day shorter but mission control determined that they could work around the fault instead of aborting the mission.
Even Apollo 11 was a test flight, with it building upon the previous mission’s results and achievements. It was to be the first attempt at a manned landing and was driven as much by the desire to achieve President Kennedys directive to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade as it was to beat the perceived threat from the Soviets getting there first, US national pride was at stake if either of these failed.
As Apollo 11 was to be the first landing, NASA wanted to make sure that it would be as event free as possible, so they chose to land on the largest flattest part of the moon that they could find, officially known as site 2, it was a 10 mile long elliptical area in the northern sea of tranquillity.
The idea was that the flight computer on board the lander would guide it down to from 50,000 feet to 500 feet above the surface where Neil Armstrong would take over the controls for the final landing.
However, Armstrong became aware early on that things were not going to plan and that they had already flown over the landing site and were heading to a boulder strewn area now known as west crater which about the size of a football field.
He assumed control from the flight computer and manually flew over West crater and another smaller crater before landing at the outer edge of site 2 about 4 miles from its intended target, and uttering the immortal words, "Houston, Tranquillity Base here - the Eagle has landed."
As he was making the final descent, mission control estimated that they had just 25 seconds of fuel left at the time they landed, although this was later revised to 45 seconds after the mission.
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Imagine being Mike Collins and having to take that lonely trip home alone without Aldrin and Armstrong.
I've always wondered that too. I also wonder what his solo training was?
Couldn't imagine a 3 day trek home wondering if the men you'd just gone there with were dead or not, yet...
If you read his excellent book "Carrying the Fire", in which Collins himself tells the story of his career from test pilot to Command Module Pilot, the prospect of leaving his friends on the moon and returning alone was the only thing that ever really gave him nightmares. He was never in his life happier than when Armstrong and Aldrin successfully returned to the CM.
@@lengyel It's a scary thought!
I watched a documentary called “Far Side of the Moon” or something like that. In it, they had Collins talking about how it dawned on him while orbiting the far side of the moon that he was the most distance person from all the rest of humanity had ever been alone, and the overwhelming peace he felt with God in that moment. Truly spiritual
In a book I read about the astronauts, one of them said there were no "suicide pills". According to the book he said the easiest and quickest way to end it all on the moon was to vent the air in the LEM to the outside. He also said if there was a survivable crash, most likely they would continue to report on conditions and observations until their oxygen ran out.
Dutiful to the end.
"Houston, we are out of fuel!"
- Flight control: "Hello, who is this?"
LMAO !! Another scenario:
Apollo: "Houston, we are out of fuel".
Flight control: "Well, good buddy, there's gas at the next exit. What's your 20?
Reminds me also of a Rodney Dangerfield joke:
"I tell ya, my wife doesn't love me. I called her yesterday and asked her if she wanted to have a romantic evening at home. She said "Who is this?" I get no respect...
New phone who dis?
@@eamesaerospace2805 lmao
you peeopl think your funny but youre really just ASSHOLES
"We have good news and bad news Michael. The good news is that you're promoted to captain of the mission and it's your time to shine! The bad news is that your buddies are dead or dying and you need to snap a few pics."
"Congratulations, you're now the first man to go to the moon... and come back."
@@JonatasAdoM not exactly, since Apollo 8, the crew has been orbiting the moon, so the first would be the crew of Apollo 8 ;)
@@bennybau123
Borman Lovell Anders (Apollo 8) orbited moon
Apollo 9 performed lm redocking in earth orbit only
Apollo 10(Jim mcdivvit) almost reached the moon as dress rehearsal for Apollo 11
@@ashgreninja7521 apollo 10 wasn't jim mcdivvit
@@alexanderleeart Apollo 9 was mcdivvit, Apollo 10 was Stafford
Sorry my bad
The thumbnail for this video cracks me up! It is like Neil Armstrong jumped out of the lander 50 feet from the surface and landed face first, THUNK! "Houston we have a belly flop."
You just made me smile
I think that Apollo 8 was at least as monumental as Apollo 11.
It was the first time anyone had ever left the Earth for another body in space.
They did it without a LEM as a lifeboat too.
now i feel bad for leaving my kerbals in space :(
I always start a new save if any of my Kerbals die, I also try to keep them somewhat comfortable during long trips. This results in me having to build huge and complex space crafts lifted by obscenely big boosters for longer trips.
Go rescue them, I did !!
I can't stand watching someone just leaving them years in space on fast forward. I imagine their lives being miserable inside of the craft.
This is why you send the rescue team first.
I understaf a second ship to save them
Growing up the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Astronauts were my Heroes. I always wanted to be an Astronaut. Most people cannot fathom the skill and courage these men put forth to achieve putting a man on the moon.
n you ended up on you tube - where people are more famous than astronauts :/
Tony, that Moon was on a movie studio in Nevada desert 🌵
@@TheGecko213 No it wasn't
Cutting communications, that's cold.
That s the Government for you
These astronauts were well aware of the risks they were taking.
Honestly though, what would you tell your crew if they got stuck on the surface on the moon and there is no way you can bring them back?
Major Missile At least something.
Yeah you'd hope to be able to talk to your loved ones one last time
History could have gone like this
1. Apollo 11 crashes on moon after running out of fuel - crew lost
2. Apollo 12 blows up on launch when struck by lightening - crew lost
3. Apollo 13 lost on way to moon - crew lost
4. Program canceled
Actually, 11 wasn't close to running out of fuel. The times that you hear Charlie Duke call out are the "bingo fuel" times-the point at which, if they couldn't make an immediate landing, they'd have to abort. That gave them enough fuel to fire the descent engine full thrust to give them some altitude, jettison the descent stage, and fire the ascent stage engine. The needed the altitude because once they cut the descent engine so they could jettison the stage, they'd be falling back toward the surface until the ascent engine could fire. I saw a quote from Cernan one time who said that you needed to get at least 200 feet above the surface to give yourself enough time to jettison, pressurize the ascent tanks, and fire the ascent engine, and arrest your descent.
lightning*
And yet We ROCKETED!!! LITERALLY!!!! Awesome age of Aquarius Soooo Adauatious! Proud to be an America citizen of Earth!!
Reality:
1.it worked
2. it worked again
3. had a problem but still worked
4. Program canceled because the miltary industrial took over control of the whole country.
Don't forget Apollo 10 - LM lost control due to one astronaut flipping a switch when the other astronaut had already flipped it. LM came within seconds of its roll becoming unrecoverable.
It would have hit the Moon.
What’s amazing is that Apollo 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 were all missions where NASA had performed mission objectives that had never, ever been done before without any serious problems happening and all astronauts safely returning to earth. That was truly an amazing time in space exploration for both the United States and for NASA.
jimmyfly Yes. I know that each Apollo mission from 7 through 11 built off of what had been completed in previous missions. However, each successive Apollo mission did something that had never been done before in the history of space flight without any problems, which to anyone should be considered amazing.
jimmyfly All of the astronauts on those missions safely returned to Earth, and that’s what counts.
The Saturn V launches that were unmanned were a first for NASA, as prior launch vehicles tested each stage as its own launch. The Saturn V was the first multistage rocket tested as a single vehicle, or as they called it "all up".
I am watching this video 2 years later, not realizing i have already like it lol!
Buzz watched it too. He never knew they were talking about him.
Five Word Horror Stories: "Goodbye Houston, thanks for trying!"
Ya thanks for trying to get nowhere! They couldnt talk to anyone on the moon. That is bullshit, wishful thinking tho.
Mission control we are out of fuel
NASA mission control = we don't know you
Cold huh
"Out of fuel" wasn't the scenario. The concern was that the ascent engine (which had it's own propellant tanks) wouldn't fire for some reason.
If they ran out of fuel before landing, they would just fire the ascent engine and return home. There was no doubt a good chance that they would crash rather than abort being so close to their goal.
@jimmyfly
They would rather die rather than making a false abort. And it's not always clear when they're out of options.
@jimmyfly
Frank Borman (Commander of Apollo 8)
"I would rather die than make a false abort."
I'm sure that attitude is common among astronauts making a first attempt at a Moon shot, and knowing there are serious risks.
I saw an interview somewhere with Buzz Aldrin. They asked him about being stuck on the moon or if the rocket didn't fire to bring them back up. They asked him what would you do. He said they would keep troubleshooting until they ran out of oxygen.
The most nail biting part of the mission for me was the take of from the moon. That's the part that would give me nightmares, just imagin the last release mechanism not detaching . You only get one go at leaving the moon . That goes for every moon mission, just thinking about it gives me the shivers, that's all it takes . It's always the little things that catch you 😱
On the descent, Buzz Aldrin decided to enable the ascent rendezvous radar. He reasoned, if there were a problem during descent, it would be much easier--since the ascent radar was active--to acquire and dock with the lunar orbiter. This procedure was never previously agreed upon or rehearsed--it was just Buzz's helpful idea at the time. Therefore, with both ascent and descent radars simultaneously providing data to the lander's computer, the computer became overloaded, issued periodic error codes and frequently reset. The descent calculations were therefor inaccurate and resulted in the lander flying past its intended primary target. My information comes from recalling bits of past information, and hopefully I am correct. NASA took many risks and there were other potential disasters. (I need to catch up on these videos and hopefully have not repeated a previous topic.)
I'm going to have to refresh my recollection. I do not recall two parts of this story you mention. 1) I do not remember hearing that the activation of the ascent rendezvous radar was deliberate. I thought it was either left on or turned on by accident. 2) I do not remember hearing that the overload caused them to overshoot the landing. I've always understood that the computer was putting them down in the correct place; it was just covered with boulders, so Armstrong took over and deliberately overshot the landing.
They landed long because the docking tunnel was not 100% vented prior to undocking and that minute amount of residual pressure released at undocking pushed them off course a wee bit and it caused them to land beyond the targeted landing spot.
All insertions and injections are based on mission timelines, so, that little extra kick meant PDI started on time, but further west than nominal, therefore a long landing. When they were flying windows down to verify visual landmarks to reaffirm correct tracking, Armstrong noted they were hitting those landmarks early.
Please make videos about all of the specific apollo missions. The differences in mission profiles, specifics and mission objectives.
NASA has all that on public file.
yes. do one using correct data regarding the VAB and not the one you already did with massive errors.
Hi, quite like your videos. Found them to be well researched, informative and out of the ordinary. Keep up the good work!
One thing I find interesting in this regard, is that immediately upon setting foot on the Moon - apart from his famous "One small step.." pronouncement - Armstrong began describing the geology of the surface. This was probably one of the scientific responsibilities of the mission, and they had to take every opportunity they had to relay as much information as possible back to Earth in the event they might not return.
The tragedy is that we stopped going.
It's extremely expensive for seemingly little gain. Back then, there was the cold war, the head to head with the Sovjet Union. Spaceflight was perfect for this competition. Nowadays, it's different. I don't think the scientific data alone gathered from the Apollo missions would have justified its cost. It was 'beating the other side' that was the driving force behind the space race.
ugh! Not another one.
jam biggest Another twat who thinks the moon landings didn’t happen.
Haven't you got bs conspiracy theories to spread or something?
THE REAL TRAGEDY IS PRICKS LIKE YOU, STILL BELIEVING THIS CRUD, AFTER YEARS OF PROVING IT'S ALL FAKERY
Thanks once again for a fascinating and thought provoking video. The quality of these just gets better and better and you are rapidly becoming my favourite YT channel. Long may your curiosity continue.
What balls those cats had.....
I watched in wonder as Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, and with no less wonder as the other Apollo missions landed. But in all that time - or in the 50 years that have passed since - did | ever wonder what would have happened if these brave men hadn't returned. Thank you for this really enlightening video.
If they were stranded on the Moon they could have survived on the endless supply of cheese
Excellent-point...
And Wallace and Gromit would have come to rescue them anyway. Sorted.
The moon is expensive cheese and in space they can’t age they would be immortal
And hung out with the DreamWorks fishing kid
This is a very well researched and put-together video. Thank you for this. I really enjoyed it.
Love how that model rocket lifts off the set so effortlessly
The guys in the module are not stupid - they knew, even before training began that there would be no rescue, and still would had no hesitation of going, anyway.
They choose test pilots for a reason.
Always double check Mechjeb
Whoa...! Thanks CD for putting this out there. I was born in 1965 and never once considered this scenario, at least not in the level of detail you've provided. Wow. (Thank you, again.)
So much could have gone wrong during the entire trip. Truly a miracles. Saturn v being the insane giant that it was. And those lunar landing modules. Low tech and in reliable it it worked.
I've been watching your videos all week. I love this channel.
This is my new favorite channel! I'm obsessed! Oh, and the shirts!
Holy crap. “The crew had no knowledge of this during the mission.” Oh my goodness. I would have felt kinda slighted by NASA and distrusting after finding that out. Like oh thanks guys. Glad you had a backup plan in mind. 😂
Nasa is nothing but polished shit. Every disaster that has cost lifes were easy avoidable and due to sociopaths that run the program.
it is sad, but they have no other choices. Just like in exploration age, you sent some sailor, hope everything will alright.
@@mickolesmana5899 They had no other choices wow you are dead wrong
@@cantthinkofnameyeah7249 everyone knows the risks
@@BBSHOCKZ Your statement is so broad it carries literally no point
Hi Paul just want to say good job on the videos :) can't stop watching
5:20 Jesus, that speed tho is terrifying lol
50 years later its still the greatest human achievement
Not really though
Greatest engineering achievement in History.
(in my opinion)
Agree. Hopefully our children will say the same thing about the next great achievememt.
Absolutely. And if you had to narrow it down further, the Saturn V is probably the most remarkable part of the equation.
@@jshepard152 no kidding! I mean, the F1 engines alone are basically miraculous!
Indeed.
about what ? The IPhone ? Skype that never works ? Facebook ?
Armstrong said he wasn't concerned about running out of fuel. He said he was prepared to let the LEM drop if they were within 20 ft. He also said he was prepared to land in the crater full of boulders.
Wonderful video. Extremely informative and great atmosphere. Thank you
I don't think that NASA would have actually turned the radios off. I found a new article that said the official protocol was to declare 'deliberately closed down communications' as a euphemism for suicide. I doubt that the most professional scientists and engineers in the world would think that leaving their astronauts alone and confused while they died would ever be appropriate.
Q: What if Apollo had crashed on the Moon?
A: The next cake delivered to mission control would have been decorated a bit differently.
Cake and sympathy.
Tea and sympathy
The cake is a lie
Great Video as always . Thank you.
Great video, keep up the good work. Very much appreciated.
They would cut communication, DAMN SON!
That’s some cold hearted shit right there
They’d actually cut communication to give the two astronauts privacy in their final moments, though, I think that would’ve been a few minutes later ‘cause I heard from somewhere that Mission Control would’ve stayed on the line for a while
Death by hypoxia is actually one of the least painful ways to go. You get lightheaded and giddy, filled with a euphoric "I CAN DO IT!" feeling... which is ironic, because you really, _really_ *can't* "do it", no matter what "it" was, except pass out and ...
... yeah.
@Denis Franks That wouldn't happen unless they would voluntarily shed their suits, right?
and you know this how?
Jim Lovell said the missions didn't carry suicide pills. Buzz Aldrin said that if the ascent stage didn't work for any reason they would have just carried on trying everything they could think of until they ran out of oxygen and lost consciousness. That is after all what one would expect an astronaut and test pilot to do.
Fascinating, even more so then most of your excellent productions.
I dont usually comment, but I really need to say your videos are fabulous. Thanks.
It's still so amazing that it ever worked. There were so many points of failure and yet it still worked!
Yes, I think Neil Armstrong too expressed surprise that all the links in this 'daisy-chain' (as he called it) of events held together . . .
Blue Square
Alan Shepard mentioned he was sitting on top of the collective efforts of thousands of low-bid contractors.
Hahahaha! Of course it worked! It was in the script. Hahaha!
Magic Rooster yeah, I bet they scripted Apollos 1 and 13 too
They developed the technology that made it work as they made incremental progress to the moon landings. Sometimes a little after it was needed.
Great content,as usual.
Thanks Mr Droid. Love your stuff
i like the way he narrates.
Thanks for the video. No matter how you slice it, it took courage to get into that capsule and embark for the moon.
I really enjoy your videos.
I don't think that such chances would be taken today. One engine to blast off from the lunar surface - with 50:50 odds and one engine to blast out of lunar orbit - another 50:50. The astronauts were test pilots and saw 50:50 as good odds. It's a miracle that these missions were as successful as they were. Also, the fault on Apollo 13 had been on all of the previous missions, so that was a miracle in itself. Thanks for the work put in to your videos.
Thanks for sharing that. I worked on all the Apollo Block II CSM's during the fire abatement modification program after the Apollo I fire. I worked on Apollo 13 when the oxygen shelf was changed from three small tanks to one larger tank which was what blew up on 13. There were many things we Space Mechanics never knew, and something new is always being brought to public view.
That memo...none of you knew about it Earthside? Assume that the worst happened and they did just cut off communication like that...how would you have felt about that? Not even allowing families to say goodbye?
R/thathappened
Thank you. A very professional video. I look forward to future videos!
when you see an Apollo capsule up close, you see how tight and tiny everything is/was.
brave people.
Yes. So where did they put the moon buggy?
@@SaxonSuccess Lander
Apollo 11 (2019) shows this well. See it in imax
Just found your channel. So refreshing. Keep up the great work!!
Your commentary is always excellent! I watched the first moon landing as a 9 years old boy. It was T H E TV event. Nothing in the TV could reach this sensation! Greatings from Vienna
I lived in Vienna when I was still alive.
Love YOUR videos!
That's hilarious. "Houston, we have a problem..." Quick, turn off the radio! *CLICK* Ok, who wants to go to happy hour?
Um, so Houston, we failed to ge toff the moon, what do we do? Houston? You there? Um guys, they cut communications. Do we have pills? No? Um.
Imagine they turned off com but those guys still managed to come back
@@OompaL0ompa Im afraid they would kill them anyway.
@boloyoo yeah someone would have killed someone for sure
thamonkaface999 that would be so legendary
Why was NASA’s plan to cut communications? To save everyone the trauma of listening to the astronauts plea for help? And the astronauts had no idea that this was the plan? Cold!
Literally and figuratively, _cold_
It may well be that NASA admin and the astronauts didn’t discuss any contingency plans in the event they were stranded, but the astronauts no doubt knew the risk they were taking.
I read somewhere, I think it might have been in one of Aldrin's books, that the "suicide pill" never existed.
If a crew wanted to do themselves in, all that was necessary was to reduce the cabin pressure until they passed out.
Armstrong said in an interview that during the final portion of the lunar descent, he wasn't particularly concerned about the fuel level: he'd flown the LLRV/LLTV many times, both in development and then in training, and that craft was ALWAYS nearly out of fuel as touch neared.
"What if Apollo had crashed on the Moon ?"
they'd try again
or
that would be it
It's crazy how it got struck by lightning. & still able to proceed.
Some quick thinking from some people at mission control saved the day and help to reactivate some systems.
dcwhitworth A guy called John Aaron was the controller who recognised the issue and made the call to toggle a switch which restored systems. Apollo 12 was very close to abort when that call was made.
Jake Pughh 60's tech, man. Built for life
and thus began the phrase "steely-eyed missile man"
Jake Pughh - power of film production
well done as always
Thoroughly enjoy your videos sir. Utterly clear, thoughtful, and delivered in a kindly and professional manner.
pity the the VAB one is full of massive errors.
@@claireboden9081 what's VAB?
@@SlightReturn666 He did one one regarding the Van Allen Radiation Belt (VAB). Since Proven to be full of inaccurate data and fraudulent lies basically. This guy is a liar.
@@claireboden9081 Oh! I thought you meant Vehicle Assembly Building -- didn't seem like there would be much controversy about that!
@@SlightReturn666 lol...no I don't think there is.
I believe that Neil Armstrong would have landed the Eagle even IF they had gotten below the "abort" point. If they fired him later...so what? He knew he was getting so close to landing. He was NOT going to abort because of some arbitrary rule about how much reserve fuel he might need. Running out of fuel was a small risk compared to what they had already gone thru.
It was fake dummy!
After browsing through this comment section, I've decided to invest heavily in the Acme Tin Foil Hat Corporation.
10/10
ALCAN shares are constantly rising! Ever since the internet became a thing and gave these science denying cretins a platform, in fact.
It would only sell in the US, not worth investing in it ;)
Nice one
and ham radios.
What a nightmare! Thanks goodness all the Apollo missions took place without such a fatality. We were very lucky!
There's that classic quote that has been used to define the Right Stuff:
Reporter: "In the instance where the ascent engine wouldn't start and you only had six hours to live, how would you spend that time?"
Astronaut: "Fixing the ascent engine."
I always knew Lord Varys could have been an interesting RUclipsr . 😂
I started scrolling comments and ended up falling into a conspiracy theory troll hole.
It's unfortunate that the moon landings will be remembered as "Cost too much" or "Did we actually go". One can only hope privatization of spaceflight will result in laying the moon landing question to rest for good. But even then, there will be deniers.
"swear on the bible that we went to the moon"
The "moonlandings" is THE conspiracy theory itself. Some people actually believe that mankind traveled to the moon 6 times.
WarthDader74 Dumbass
And when you say "some people", that includes every scientist who has ever looked at the samples and or the data.
Funny how experts don't have a problem with it, but you do.
Love the channel! 👍
One question that goes through my mind is what was in the CMP's procedures for a solo return to earth, for example, when would he be told to fire up to come home, what about navigational changes that would be necessary, what coverage would there be of the splash down etc? An interesting follow up I think
I’m entering the newest comments to find idiots who think the moon landing never happened.
Wish me luck
Ok, I’m literally not even 10 comments deep and I already found 4
Everything was planned, both success and failure. The management of the mission was exemplary. This combined with the "Right Stuff" made it a success. Of course HR stepped in paid them an extra $8 a day for being off base ;-) I watched it live with my Dad, I was 5 and I remember it well.
And faking it
I was at KSC for that launch. We we a better country then!!!
Thank you for doing this video thank you sir
young people 2020 most dont realise just how dangerous and experimental these 60s missions were.....i for one wouldnt board a gemini or apollo mission for a million dollars.......i recommend "first man" it gives a true sense of how claustrophobic and dangerous these early space missions were......they were basically suicide missions......i commend these pioneers for their bravery and have the upmost respect for them.........moon landing deniers piss me off and do a great disservice to these great men.
you are great! i enjoy your videos.
For a while I didn’t believe they really went to the moon. I reckon I believe it now. Tired of people think I was nuts.
We never really went
@Mase Mason because our instinct brought us to where we are now, right?
@Mase Mason Congratulations. You have shown the world that you are an idiot.
Milt Farrow yea in the prehistoric era
One thing I've thought about is if the two astronauts were stuck on the moon because of a mechanical or technical failure. They would have known they only had a few days to live. Air, fuel/power, water and food would all soon run out, and it wouldn't matter what would run out first. Being stuck in such a predicament would be horrible. Then there is Mike Collins, who would have to travel back to earth alone. Depending on the timing, he might have left moon orbit when they were alive and arrived back to earth when they were dead.
Nice shirt this episode! Always engaging to watch your show.
Personally, in the event of not being able to ascend , I would have requested (had I knowledge of that contingency) that NASA not cut off communication. If the ascent stage could not be fixed, I would wish to continue to feed back as much scientific data as possible before my life support gave out.
"Let me not seem to have died in vain... Let me not seem to have died in vain."
-- Tycho Brahe
These people are heroes. I wish I could see our mother Earth fade away in the distance, as I'm thrown away towards Mars, one day.
So every time they tell they've "lost communication" means they're just ignoring the lost project?
Pretty much. There are a lot of probes still flying that just have dead electronics.
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I really want to introduce the moon landing deniers here to Buzz Aldrin's fist.
I'd take the Bible with me.
Simon Ruszczak - "Buzz" Aldrin [the man who never blinks] is a Bible-denier.
+ Kevin Gomolchak, It was Ed Fendell at mission control, he had control of the camera on the Rover which was parked up to observe the liftoff. It took him 3 attempts (Apollo 15 he missed it, 16 he got it a bit better) he finally nailed it on the 3rd attempt Apollo 17.
Kevin Gomolchak The old classic caught in a lie, blind panic launch a violent attack scenario.
That buzz Aldrin punch showed he was caught unaware and in a blind panic punched the guy
If Buzz had put his hand on the Bible and swore that he did land on the moon the guy would have kept on believing his conspiracy theories. People just don't let go of those things. Like when Obama showed his birth certificate. It then became a forgery.
Man that shirt is great!
I didn’t know about the “cutting the communications” part. Learn something new everyday, the rest I did, not that. Collins did write in his book he was prepared to come back alone if necessary and that he wasn’t going to take any S pills or anything like that. He also stated he had dozens of rescue attempt checklists at certain points prior PDI burn
The “loss of life” address speech was written with a very large focus on the grandiose scale!
I'd love to know the thinking that went into the "cut comms" memo.
Given the complexities surrounding the return flight from the moon, I have sometimes wondered whether it would actually have been physically possible for one person to return successfully. I'd appreciate any thoughts on that question.
The craft was piloted by a single man most of the time. With help from NASA checking over math it seems completely possible to return singlehandedly.
Excellent video. Thanks
Excellente vidéo, très instructive. Merci beaucoup
Wow, the only time I understood French lol.
Fortunately, the mission succeeded. Otherwise, we'll be seeing corpses the next time we visit the moon.