Moon landing

[Papa Juggs]

Yes they did.

Buzz thought it was a good idea to keep the rendezvous radar on in case they needed to abort and go straight back to the command module.

After the mission the people at MIT fixed it and retrained the astronauts so that anything like that never happened again.

Doesn't matter too much, Neil could've landed it blind he was so awesome.

 

[Partridge]

Yes they did.

Buzz thought it was a good idea to keep the rendezvous radar on in case they needed to abort and go straight back to the command module.

After the mission the people at MIT fixed it and retrained the astronauts so that anything like that never happened again.

Doesn't matter too much, Neil could've landed it blind he was so awesome.

It's a fact that every single Apollo mission had problems. Far from the notion that it was all smooth sailing up there. Apollo 13 of course was the worst but they all had big obstacles they needed to overcome.

 

[JD-Roo]

Yes they did.

Buzz thought it was a good idea to keep the rendezvous radar on in case they needed to abort and go straight back to the command module.

After the mission the people at MIT fixed it and retrained the astronauts so that anything like that never happened again.

Doesn't matter too much, Neil could've landed it blind he was so awesome.

Was listening to an interview with Buzz Aldrin (yes, that's the sort of geeky shit I listen to) and he said he always respected Armstrong's skill's as a pilot, but when the initial "rollover" of the lunar module took place and they got their first glimpse of the moon's surface, Neil immediately said "We're a little long" while Buzz was still trying to orient himself with the craters from the simulations.

He said he was staggered that someone could be THAT good and knew in that instant that Armstrong was the perfect bloke in the perfect spot in history to make it a success.

 

[Partridge]

Was listening to an interview with Buzz Aldrin (yes, that's the sort of geeky shit I listen to) and he said he always respected Armstrong's skill's as a pilot, but when the initial "rollover" of the lunar module took place and they got their first glimpse of the moon's surface, Neil immediately said "We're a little long" while Buzz was still trying to orient himself with the craters from the simulations.

He said he was staggered that someone could be THAT good and knew in that instant that Armstrong was the perfect bloke in the perfect spot in history to make it a success.

Well said. It's extensively documented that Armstrong was not the standout of his group of astronauts. The consensus opinion seemed to be either Jim McDivitt or Frank Borman, or possibly Tom Stafford. No surprise all three commanded critical Apollo missions prior to Apollo 11. However it's always been acknowledged for nerves of pure steel under pressure Armstrong was right up there.

 

[Wallaby]

I'm pretty sure Gus Grissom was probably first in line for the Moon Landing - up until the fire. He was known as the unofficial 'Senior astronaut', being one of only 2 active Mercury pilots still around, and was very well respected.

 

[Papa Juggs]

Apollo 1 did what was asked when they were asked and paid the price for it.

They knew what they were doing was stupid they just didn't want to speak up.

After that though the communication was much better. We'll never know how much of the right stuff those 3 guys had but from what we saw it was quite a bit and a crying shame that they were lost in such a way.

Neil was so good because he dedicated himself to all the simulators that were built. He wasn't going to let no computer land him on the moon no matter where the crater was.

JD-Roo I watch lots of geeky shit too lol