From The Earth To The Moon - Apollo 11 Landing (part 1)

Click the following link for Part 2
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UdhkhYo-b8 ]

In honor of the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11.

[July 16 - 24, 1969].

Here is an excerpt from episode 6 of the HBO mini-series "From The Earth To The Moon"

(This is excerpt part 1 of 2)

Click the following link for Part 2
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UdhkhYo-b8 ]

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[ClonedCommando]

Did you know that a recent poll showed 1 in 3 Americans still believe the moon landings were hoaxed?

In completely unrelated news a recent poll has shown 1 in 3 Americans are f**king idiots?

In all honesty if you still want to believe the moon landing was hoaxed in spite of all the proof we have to show it really happened god bless you because your so hocked up on conspiracy theories you probably think JFK was assassinated by Hitler from the grassy knoll.

[Sviolinist]

@MrSchpankme Look, I'm not going to beat down on you. You just are not a scientist. The Van Allen belts have thin spots. Moroever, the belts are around 2000-6000 kilometers thick. Radiation is based on TIME EXPOSED - not just LEVEL of radiation measured. Apollo spacecraft reached over 40,000 Kilometers per hour to break earth orbit. They spent about 15 minutes total in the Van Allen belt radiation. Probably less since they went through thin spots. Some got cancer later.

[mahound9]

Hey, It's Heisenberg! huh...

[MrSchpankme]

@Sviolinist .. Your alive on Planet Earth because of the Van Allen Belts; no Person, in an Aluminum Can, ventured "outside" the Van Allen Belts; have you lost all common sense? Abracadabra!

[Sviolinist]

@MrSchpankme So you really think that just turning the descent engine on meant that there was a smooth landing ahead? What if the LM was moving at 50 feet per second? It should just crash into the moon? The whole idea was that you could turn UP the descent engine thrust and SLOW DOWN the descent for a soft landing. Honestly, you're a fucking idiot. I don't know why I'm responding to you.

[Sviolinist]

@MrSchpankme By the way, I quoted from one of the manuals on the LM taken from NASA. If you don't read that and realize you have your foot all the way through your mouth and up into your ass, then you, sir, are a fool.

[Sviolinist]

@MrSchpankme You are not correct about LM engine being in an "on or off" state. It had thrust control. You need to do more research. It's a lot more complicated than you think.

[Sviolinist]

@MrSchpankme To accomplish braking, descent engine thrust is controllable so that the precise velocity (feet per second) necessary to alter the vehicle's trajectory can be achieved. <-taken from documentation