Apollo 11 powered descent.

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www.firstmenonthemoon.com/

I do hope that this is not a repost. And, it's strictly not a plane, boat or a train.

I stumbledupon this website. It takes you through the Eagle's descent to the moon's surface with synchronised and notated "air to ground" (sic) & "Flight Director's" radio loop. So, you can follow exactly what happened, who said what and when as the lander headed towards the Moon.

It really is exciting to hear and follow the descent. Especially the "go-no go" sequences and the "1201 alarms".

I got quite emotional as the Eagle landed. An excellent ten minutes of multi media.

Enjoy.

[Voldemort]

Fabulous! Thanks for sharing.

[CrutyRammers]

It is, and 2nd hand repost at that
But a worthy one, it's a fantastic site, hope the do more.

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CrutyRammers said:

It is, and 2nd hand repost at that
But a worthy one, it's a fantastic site, hope the do more.

I didn't think that it could have possibly evaded the attention of the PH massive.

[lost in espace]

Thats fantastic. And I learnt a new word, ullage.

[anonymous-user]

Very good

[Eric Mc]

Yep - a repost. But worth listening to.

Try doing a youtube search for "Apollo 13 Flight Director's Loop".

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Eric Mc said:

Yep - a repost. But worth listening to.

Try doing a youtube search for "Apollo 13 Flight Director's Loop".

OOh! Thanks Eric.

[GoBig]

Not seen that before.

Thanks for posting.

[R1nur]

That is just incredible. Best thing I have seen on the web EVER!

[rupert the dog]

I saw it live, but the hairs were standing up all over again.Brave (and clever)men.

[Ayahuasca]

The whole thing was made up and the dialogue improvised. 'Ullage' indeed!

[Eric Mc]

NASA has invented lots of words and phrases, "Ullage" isn't one of them.

[The Boy Lard]

Nice stuff, thank you for posting

[budfox]

Never understood why they said "go/not go" If the comms was a bit dodgy the word "not" might have been lost, resulting in a potentially serious problem.

"Go/stop" would have surely been better, as losing a word would have prompted asking again.

[Eric Mc]

They said "Go/NO Go".

The "Go/No Go" calls were usually made between the various controllers who were communicating on internal wired loops - not radios. So the chances of dodgy comms were less than over radio comms.

They still use "Go/No Go" today. It obviously works well.