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Apollo 11 in Real Time
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#22Thanks for the share. I'm the author of the site and am happy to answer any questions.
This is absolutely remarkable! I'm in awe of the whole thing, as is my father!
Thank you so much. This kind of effort means so much to the both of us.
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#23This is so cool! I've just been sitting here listening for a while now.
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This is REALLY amazing. Thank you for making this. The amount of data / information available at my fingertips on this one site is... unprecedented. And I even figured out how to use it!
Great to hear. I'm so close to it, at this point I have no idea if it's usable or confusing.
I'm trying to come up with words to describe this that would be worthy of even saying. All I can say is I love it. I was born in 1973, but for those of you who don't remember the pre-internet edge, current books and movies weren't exactly a click away. It would take years for the encyclopedia sets and science books to be updated. So at the ages of 6-12, all of the materials about space were about the Apollo missions. My friends and I would just absorb anything and everything Apollo and moon related we could find as if it were currently happening. This whole real time experience takes me back to that place of trying to figure what time of day they lifted off, how fast they were traveling, how long it took to get into orbit, how long they were there, etc. All of that kind of thing, and here it is beautifully recreated with time, voices, and video. And point in time data to boot. It's just wonderful.
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I have. They're not interested.
That's a shame (for them). Your URL structure suggests you may be planning to do this for other Apollo missions, is that in the cards? Edit: I see you've done this for Apollo 17 already on a different URL: https://apollo17.org/
Yes. I decided to no longer buy a domain name for each one after a cybersquatter swiped apollo11.org (like I have any money)
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#26Thanks for the share. I'm the author of the site and am happy to answer any questions.
This is amazing! Is it possible to download all of the audio? This would be great background noise for sleeping or working.
Here you go: https://archive.org/details/nasaaudiocollection
Or if you want the trippy version: https://somafm.com/missioncontrol/
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#27Thanks for the share. I'm the author of the site and am happy to answer any questions.
Truly incredible work. The multitrack visualization is a really great UI, and it does wonders communicating just how much teamwork went into managing these missions. I had no idea all the mission control workstations were recorded, and how active they all were even when the crew was doing an unrelated task.
Some small thoughts: when a desk is selected it would be great to deselect it by clicking it again to go back to the master audio. And it would also be great to have the selected button highlight when signal is/isn’t present - perhaps a lighter blue color? That way a user can build an intuition about what a lit button/region that they’re not listening to means.
Oh, and it would be fascinating to see a statistical comparison of channel activity in Apollo 11 vs. 13 :)
Honestly this is mind blowing. Your site deserves national attention, display on major news networks, millions reliving the behind-the-scenes teamwork that led to IMO the greatest human accomplishment in history. Huge kudos.
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This site is almost unbelievably great. Have you considered trying to contact the Smithsonian to see if they'd be interested in using it? I've never seen a more impressive interactive exhibit.
I have. They're not interested.
Who have you spoken to at SI? Don't let a pen pusher convince you that his view represents the organization
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#29This is an impressive, immersive experience. Any plans to write about the software or share parts of it?
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#30Thanks for the share. I'm the author of the site and am happy to answer any questions.
Truly incredible work. The multitrack visualization is a really great UI, and it does wonders communicating just how much teamwork went into managing these missions. I had no idea all the mission control workstations were recorded, and how active they all were even when the crew was doing an unrelated task. Some small thoughts: when a desk is selected it would be great to deselect it by clicking it again to go back t…
Holy moly, thanks for the kudos and great suggestions, too. I'll work on the two-tone selected button tomorrow.
I have almost all of the Apollo 13 mission control audio as well. That's the next project (but I want to take a breather for at least a day!)