# 'Live' coverage of Apollo 11 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855 "2009-07-13T15:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/61 "2009-07-17T13:04:39Z")
From Wiki: _At 02:56 UTC on July 21 (10:56pm EDT, July 20), 1969, Armstrong made his descent to the Moon’s surface and spoke his famous line “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” exactly six and a half hours after landing. Aldrin joined him, describing the view as “Magnificent desolation.”_ Even a kid can help NASA now and then: [http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-298938](http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-298938) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/62 "2009-07-17T13:44:58Z")
A wonderful photo gallery: [http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/remembering\_apollo\_11.html](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/remembering_apollo_11.html) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/63 "2009-07-17T19:51:44Z")
And where would we be without the idiots of the world? [Could moon landings have been faked? Some still think so - CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/17/moon.landing.hoax/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/64 "2009-07-20T15:30:57Z")
Yikes! I was a bit under the weather Friday. (Actually, I crashed and burned in the afternoon) so I missed half a day there. And I was preoccupoed over the weekend. Now I’m at my office and I have the ‘transmission’ playing. Nothing but static for the last half-hour, but it will be playing all day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/65 "2009-07-20T15:42:27Z")
This may help…[Transcript (.PDF)](http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/mission_trans/AS11_PAO.PDF). As of 11:30AM, we are at page 307/633. Useful to follow along, and to find the next fun stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/66 "2009-07-20T15:50:43Z")
Thanks, **cantara**. I found the page and read the first few lines (I’m at work, so I can’t spend the time reading it in full), and a minute ago Apollo Control popped up saying what I’d just read. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/67 "2009-07-20T17:05:26Z")
APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY, 7-20-69, GET 99:19, CDT 11:51 292/2 PAO end of this pass, we passed along the GO for undocking. That maneuver will occur just before we reacquire the spacecraft on the thirteenth revolution and will be followed in about 30 minutes later by a small separation maneuver performed by Mike Collins in the command module. Checkout of the LM has been going extremely well up to now ahead of schedule. Both vehicles look very good. At 99 hours, 31 minutes, this is Apollo Control, Houston. END OF TAPE ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/68 "2009-07-20T17:19:49Z")
Yep - we’ve lost signal. Undocking in 24 min. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/69 "2009-07-20T20:11:42Z")
5 minutes to the landing. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/70 "2009-07-20T20:12:48Z")
Heeeeeere we go! It’s strange looking back to 4 days ago when they launched to think they’ve been kooked up in that small craft for this long. And they’re only half way done. But damn if it’s not worth it. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/71 "2009-07-20T20:18:29Z")
The Eagle has landed. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/72 "2009-07-20T20:18:51Z")
The Eagle has landed! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/73 "2009-07-20T20:22:11Z")
“The cost of a postage stamp is 6 cents” Says the CAPCOM news feed… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/74 "2009-07-20T20:23:56Z")
Hurrah! I was hoping they’d make it! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/75 "2009-07-20T20:26:07Z")
I loved that one communication where Control asked Neil if there was music in the background, and Neil replied, that’s just Buzz singing. 🙂 What time does Neil descend the ladder? ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/76 "2009-07-20T20:29:04Z")
Is that the _end_? How will we know if they get back? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/77 "2009-07-20T20:29:56Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I loved that one communication where Control asked Neil if there was music in the background, and Neil replied, that’s just Buzz singing. 🙂 > > What time does Neil descend the ladder? I think that was it for the simulation, you should click on the videos for the moon walk, if you click on the “back to earth” button you will get to see a nice epilogue and you can print a nice certificate for “making” the journey. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/78 "2009-07-20T20:32:34Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I think that was it for the simulation, you should click on the videos for the moon walk, if you click on the “back to earth” button you will get to see a nice epilogue and you can print a nice certificate for “making” the journey. Ahh, sweet. Yeh, I figured the simulation was over, since the clock stopped ticking and the site only listed the eleven stages up to the landing. But they’re still streaming the mission audio. I’m wondering if they keep at least that part going until liftoff of the eagle? Or perhaps until splashdown on Earth (but I doubt it)? ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/79 "2009-07-20T20:44:22Z")
The transcript doesn’t seem to match exactly what I hear them saying from the audio playback… ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855/80 "2009-07-20T20:51:13Z")
For example (from the bottom of page 342 in the above linked pdf), from the transcript: > [@](#): > > **CAPCOM** And Roger Tranquility, for your > mission timer, two suggestions. Set the circuit breaker > panel 11 also reset and attempt to start. That man in > the first digit might have something to do with it. Over. > > **TRANQUILITY** Okay. Retried both of those. The > circuit breaker is in when I reset the - put it in reset, > I get 9020440 when I release it, now I get 9020449. I’m > going to cycle the circuit breaker. > > **CAPCOM** Roger. > > **TRANQUILITY** I cycled the circuit breaker and > got all nines and right now reset for all nines. > > **CAPCOM** Roger. I heard: **CAPCOM** And Roger Tranquility, for your mission timer, two suggestions. Set the circuit breaker panel 11 also reset and attempt to start. That _nine_ in the first digit might have something to do with it. Over. **TRANQUILITY** Okay. Retried both of those. The circuit breaker is in when I reset the - put it in reset, I get 9020440 when I release it, now I get 9020449. I’m going to cycle the circuit breaker. **CAPCOM** Roger. **TRANQUILITY** I cycled the circuit breaker and got all nines and _won’t_ now reset _from_ all nines. **CAPCOM** Roger. How can the transcription be so full of errors? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-coverage-of-apollo-11/502855.md?page=5)