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Experience the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

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Re: Experience the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

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This is absolutely fantastic, but isn't it interesting that when submitted 159 days ago (in the interests of full disclosure - yes, by me) it got one comment and just 4 upvotes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4710201 Clearly this is an item of interest to the HN community, and equally clearly last time it was missed by so many people. So: * Does this mean that HN is in some sense sub-optimal? * Is this a proble…

I am glad it was repeated. I missed it the first time around.

Re: Experience the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

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Finally! Conclusive proof that the moon landings were faked! It can be done on a computer! edit: clearly sarcasm. I wonder, they've gone all the way till the Eagle has landed, why not go further and include Neil Armstrong's small step for man recording?

If it is fake we should be able to know it right ? i mean the team did leave some stuff on the moon , so why cant people just watch the moon with powerfull big telescope and look for clues ? if there are some gear on the moon then the landing was genuine.

There are satellite images of the landers: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020628.html

Re: Experience the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

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If you can't get enough of this, let me recommend: A Man on the Moon - http://www.amazon.com/Man-Moon-Voyages-Apollo-Astronauts/dp/... And the HBO series based on it: From the Earth to the Moon - http://www.amazon.com/From-Earth-Moon-Collectors-Edition/dp/...

And I'd recommend "Apollo - The Race To The Moon" by Murray & Cox. Unlike most books about the US space program, this deals with everything except the astronauts. I've read it so many times my copy is falling apart...

Thanks, I'll read that. "Flight" by Gene Kranz, is also an amazing book.

Re: Experience the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

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At first I thought this was going to be some sort of flash game, That was incredible.

My main thought is the amount of stuff the astronauts had to deal with while the moon is looking mighty big in the windows.

It appears to be the very definition of a high stress environment.

Re: Experience the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

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OK. That website made it feel like I live in The Future. I grew up in The Space Age (Project Mercury onward) and I still get chills whenever I see TV programs or movies about it. Now this site too.

We now have the technology to make this happen live, in color and high definition with a full view of the craft and the moon. Can't wait!

Re: Experience the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

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Finally! Conclusive proof that the moon landings were faked! It can be done on a computer! edit: clearly sarcasm. I wonder, they've gone all the way till the Eagle has landed, why not go further and include Neil Armstrong's small step for man recording?

If it is fake we should be able to know it right ? i mean the team did leave some stuff on the moon , so why cant people just watch the moon with powerfull big telescope and look for clues ? if there are some gear on the moon then the landing was genuine.

Having stuff on the moon does not prove humans went there. We could have just sent autonomous rovers, a couple of robots that made foot impressions, etc.

For those who believe in a conspiracy, even if we had visible dead bodies on the moon would not convince you that we managed to fly live people there, let alone have them come back. After all, it would be way simpler to just send a dead astronaut up there?

Re: Experience the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

And I'd recommend "Apollo - The Race To The Moon" by Murray & Cox. Unlike most books about the US space program, this deals with everything except the astronauts. I've read it so many times my copy is falling apart...

Thanks, I'll read that. "Flight" by Gene Kranz, is also an amazing book.

Appreciate the reminder from you and others re: books by/about Kranz. Back in the 60s (I was 16 when Apollo 11 landed) I would not have cared for his no-compromise/no-bullshit approach. These days, that's exactly what I would appreciate about him, since it was necessary.

Re: Experience the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

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This is absolutely fantastic, but isn't it interesting that when submitted 159 days ago (in the interests of full disclosure - yes, by me) it got one comment and just 4 upvotes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4710201 Clearly this is an item of interest to the HN community, and equally clearly last time it was missed by so many people. So: * Does this mean that HN is in some sense sub-optimal? * Is this a proble…

Maybe relevant, my only submission was of this, it got no attention at all: http://www.dfj.com/ApolloConstruction/Apollo_11_LM-5_Constru... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5005502)
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