Armstrong LLRV crash

Armstrong was nearly killed when the LLRV crashed. Both LLRV crashed, yet much harder on the Moon landing on the Moon w/o runways/view to sides/down and so on... it worked six times w/o a single problem!

Amazing, is not it? Certainly. Must be noted that the used engine on LLRV is NOT a rocket, but a normal turbofan engine. That engine can be easily throtled and controlled, while rocket engines are way much harder to throtle or control... not to mention that even a 500lbs engine can make a small crater into -solid CONCRETE!
(check 2nd try there: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mHuhtS3658o or here: http://media.armadilloaerospace.com/2...

Amazing! And what a 9 982 lbs engine can do to a light regolit dust? That:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia...
Not see a thing? Well, that engine was never meant to run, you know. It was just put on the scene with crane...

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[BertieSlack]

The LLRV was a training vehicle only. It was not a prototype lunar lander. The LLRV had an extremely complicated propulsion and control system that attempted to mimic 1/6th gravity so that the astronauts could get a feel for what it would be like maneuvering during lunar landing. The propulsion and control system on the Lunar Module was much simpler. The LLRV was vulnerable to updrafts and crosswinds that would not be a factor on the moon. It flew successfully more than a hundred times.

[BertieSlack]

Took 2 minutes to find these:

watch?v=AH0VYi1G6jo

watch?v=vbl800iQJDI

watch?v=yMfNkbEz8ZA

[Derek De Souza]

Business Insider readers?

[akkaputtnick]

nicepeter send me here...i think

[snake172]

Yep, which is precisely why I don't believe what you say is true either.....

[snake172]

Plummeted Like a Boss!

RIP Neil Armstrong

[Cocurucai]

Where flew successfully? Where are the films of flight training? Never existed or training?

[jonwright3803]

this is a clip - was it from a movie released in the US, on the BBC...what is it?

[Dave Mustaine]

*FACEPALM THROUGH MY FORHEAD INTO THE MOOM*

[Ryan Him]

this was on call of duty black ops zombies on first strike

[hunchbacked]

No indeed, it's just a question of probability.

The question is whether you accept a probability when it goes over the level of normal risk.