July 20th, 2019 : Moon Walk
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Lot of press about Moon landing of late because of the anniversary. I certainly remember watching on TV while my wife was
at a baby shower... which was a blessing. But you know we spent a lot of man hours(and woman hours) to put those guys up there and they didn't do much. They didn't go far, didn't look for the Moon Maidens or nothin'. Attachment 68310 Quote:
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They were on a tight schedule, sort on a constant hair trigger zip the f out of there at the least threat.
I always felt the most for Michael Collins, who was by himself further from other humans than anyone had ever been. And of course since they didn't look for Moon Maidens, there was no reason to visit home plate. |
Yeah, getting them back off the Moon was of prime importance. If something went wrong on the trip home it would have been a bummer, but that's always a possibility. However getting off the Moon and hooking up with the orbiter was unproven, and they had minimum fuel. Now 10 had come close to landing, at a matter of fact Houston was biting their nails for fear they would land against orders and blow the orchestrated production a month or so later. So the take off leaving half the lander behind had yet to be proven.
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