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Apollo 11: Events told through the astronauts own spoken words
Jul 11, 2019 06:00:31   #
Sunnely Loc: Wisconsin
 
On July 16-24, we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, the mission that put first man on the moon. This show tells of the events of that historic week through the spoken words of astronauts and the mission control themselves.

It's condense of that 8-day epic journey to 26 minutes and includes the tense moments during the flight that could have doomed the mission and the lives of the astronauts such as the dangerous powered descent, the dreaded "1202" alarm, frozen fuel lines, a stuck hatch, possible landing on a crater, etc. It's a simple production that I created and must admit pales in comparison to that of the TV networks.

Main sources for the info are:
1. "Man on the Moon" (The Voices of American Astronauts Recorded in Space Flights) Spoken Word 1969
2. "Space Missions: Apollo 8 & 11 Astronauts - Spoken Word 1970
3. The Apollo 11 Flight Journal https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap11fj/index.html

For the many Space enthusiasts in you, reference #3 gives the complete and detailed recorded events from Earth to the Moon and back, made available to the public by NASA.

Sadly, the First Man on the Moon is no longer with us to celebrate this momentous event. Neil Armstrong passed away August 25, 2012 with burial at sea ceremony in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 14, 2012.

I hope you like it. Enjoy and thanks for watching.

Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4puphTrvn0

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Jul 11, 2019 06:42:50   #
camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.
 
I remember the day. At the time I was in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was a great day for this USA and humanity.
Thank you for sharing.

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Jul 11, 2019 06:48:11   #
rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
 
Buzz Aldrin is still alive, as is Michael Collins.

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Jul 11, 2019 07:00:42   #
BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan
 
PBS had their show last night with commentary by the participants. I found myself transported back sitting on the edge of my seat glued to the TV set just as if it were now.

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Jul 11, 2019 14:50:56   #
TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC
 
Man’s greatest tecnological accomplishment in my opinion.

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Jul 11, 2019 16:16:43   #
rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
 
TriX wrote:
Man’s greatest tecnological accomplishment in my opinion.


At the time they did it, probably, but not now. The technology they used to go to the Moon was primative by today's standards.

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Jul 11, 2019 17:33:31   #
TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC
 
rmorrison1116 wrote:
At the time they did it, probably, but not now. The technology they used to go to the Moon was primative by today's standards.


Agree that there is no question that today’s computers and electronics are orders of magnitude more advanced, BUT in terms of the total mission, no one but the US has ever done it (and we did it multiple times, landing 24 men on the moon) even given 50 years of advancement. I consider it one of our proudest moments as a country.

And let’s not forget the mighty Saturn 5 lift vehicle. After 50 years, it is still the largest and most powerful rocket ever built by man.

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Jul 12, 2019 07:24:28   #
taffthetooth Loc: U.K
 
It launched on my 19th birthday, and I took a photo of the T.V screen when when it landed. Just wait for the nuts to say it never happened!

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Jul 12, 2019 12:58:08   #
Sunnely Loc: Wisconsin
 
taffthetooth wrote:
It launched on my 19th birthday, and I took a photo of the T.V screen when when it landed. Just wait for the nuts to say it never happened!


Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20, 1969 at 4:18 p.m. EDT,(US). 102:45:40 (Ground Elapsed Time)

I was in the Philippines at that time. Since the Philippines is some 12 hours ahead, that would make it July 21, 1969 about 1:00 pm, Philippine time.

I was in first year college then in the Philippines. It was sort of an unofficial holiday when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Our class gathered around a small B&W TV and watched the moon landing. You could feel excitement and tension during that moment. My concern for the astronauts at that time was, what if there were some Moon Monsters waiting for them?

BTW, advance Happy Birthday to you on July 20 or 21, depending on your time zone. Incidentally, BBC will (or may be already did. check your local listing) show the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing titled, "8 Days: to the Moon and Back." The show's visuals make use of recently declassified NASA cockpit audio.

Andrew Cohen, the executive producer of the BBC show remarked, “We understood this audio could allow you to make the documentary that NASA never made. We wanted to feel as if you’re in the capsule, with those three astronauts, listening to their words”. Sorta like what I did in the show I created and posted here. Of course, my one-man production is sub-par compared to the high-powered TV network. But, theirs and my objectives are the same.

BTW, thanks for watching.

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Jul 12, 2019 16:23:32   #
Sunnely Loc: Wisconsin
 
TriX wrote:
Agree that there is no question that today’s computers and electronics are orders of magnitude more advanced, BUT in terms of the total mission, no one but the US has ever done it (and we did it multiple times, landing 24 men on the moon) even given 50 years of advancement. I consider it one of our proudest moments as a country.

And let’s not forget the mighty Saturn 5 lift vehicle. After 50 years, it is still the largest and most powerful rocket ever built by man.


Agree! It's not fair to compare Apollo 11 computers to current computer capabilities.

The AGC (Apollo Guidance Computer) that landed the first men on the moon and back weighed more than 30 kilograms, and the frequency of its processor was only 2.048 MHz: its computing power was equivalent to the computing power of a contemporary pocket calculator.

USB memory stick today is more powerful than the computers that put man on the moon

You wouldn’t be wrong in saying an iPhone 6 could be used to guide 120,000,000 Apollo era spacecraft to the moon, all at the same time.

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Jul 12, 2019 20:19:40   #
Bill 45
 
I remember that day and a few days later I remember see a poster with a picture of man on the moon with a headline saying "SO WHAT". All it was a part of the arms race with USSR. When the men came back from the moon, the Vietnam war was still going on. Streets in America were burning.

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Jul 13, 2019 11:22:21   #
Sunnely Loc: Wisconsin
 
For those who still crave for more Apollo 11 50th Anniversary show, here's an update on the BBC UK show, "8 Days: To The Moon And Back": PBS will air it on Wed, July 17 @ 8:00 pm, in HD.

The show catapults viewers right to the heart of the Apollo 11 mission, using previously classified sound recordings from inside the cockpit. Intimate audio exists for much of Neil Armstrong, Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin and Michael Collins’ 8 Day, 3 hour, 18 minute and 35 second journey.

To whet your appetite, here's one scene moment:

Armstrong: Program Alarm. It’s a 1202. Give us a reading on the 1202 program alarm…

Screenwriter Ralph Phillip's Commentary: This is the most stressed we ever hear Neil Armstrong. Mid final descent to the Moon’s surface and everything is going wrong. Flying too fast, overshooting their planned landing site, barely managing to maintain communication with the Earth, and now alarms they never experienced in simulations are blaring, one after the other. The onboard computer (with less memory and processing power than a smartphone…) is on the verge of crashing… and so are they… Moments later, Armstrong will take manual control, desperately searching for a safe landing site before they run out of fuel…

...So, yeah – spoilers! – they made it to the Moon. But then they still had to get home and there were many things that could – and did – go wrong before they were safe back on Earth… You’ll have to watch to find out how they did it…

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Aug 28, 2019 03:20:36   #
DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area
 
Sunnely wrote:
On July 16-24, we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, the mission that put first man on the moon. This show tells of the events of that historic week through the spoken words of astronauts and the mission control themselves.

It's condense of that 8-day epic journey to 26 minutes and includes the tense moments during the flight that could have doomed the mission and the lives of the astronauts such as the dangerous powered descent, the dreaded "1202" alarm, frozen fuel lines, a stuck hatch, possible landing on a crater, etc. It's a simple production that I created and must admit pales in comparison to that of the TV networks.

Main sources for the info are:
1. "Man on the Moon" (The Voices of American Astronauts Recorded in Space Flights) Spoken Word 1969
2. "Space Missions: Apollo 8 & 11 Astronauts - Spoken Word 1970
3. The Apollo 11 Flight Journal https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap11fj/index.html

For the many Space enthusiasts in you, reference #3 gives the complete and detailed recorded events from Earth to the Moon and back, made available to the public by NASA.

Sadly, the First Man on the Moon is no longer with us to celebrate this momentous event. Neil Armstrong passed away August 25, 2012 with burial at sea ceremony in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 14, 2012.

I hope you like it. Enjoy and thanks for watching.

Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4puphTrvn0
On July 16-24, we celebrate the 50th Anniversary o... (show quote)


Thanks for the link. I was timing an SCCA sports car race at Sears Point Raceway (now Sonoma Raceway) when they landed. I worked the last 8 1/2 years of my career as a systems engineer at NASA Ames Research Center. I was at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on a business trip and was able to go into the mission control room that controlled the Apollo missions and was able to sit at one of the consoles; one of the coolest things I've ever done. I recently re-read an outstanding book (something I rarely do), Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins. I read it when it first came out 45 years ago. It was recently re-released (again) and I highly recommend it.

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