Excerpt: What those in Mission Control did not know was that Neil wasn’t all that concerned about fuel. He felt that once he was under 50 feet it didn’t really matter. If the engine did quit, from that height at one-sixth the gravity, they would settle safely onto lunar dust.
Leroy over 5 years ago
So how did they takeoff??
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
So a single cocoa bean makes how much mass of chocolate? (What breed of whale produces blue-green milk?)
pearlsbs over 5 years ago
Neil had to avoid landing in some very rugged terrain. He was trying to find a safer place to land.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/apollo-11-plus-45-how-neil-armstrong-saved-day-moon-n160386
Excerpt: What those in Mission Control did not know was that Neil wasn’t all that concerned about fuel. He felt that once he was under 50 feet it didn’t really matter. If the engine did quit, from that height at one-sixth the gravity, they would settle safely onto lunar dust.
Brian G Premium Member over 5 years ago
An engineer will tell you that was a big mistake having to transport an extra 20 seconds of useless fuel to the moon.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 5 years ago
I’m disappointed. I was hoping one conspiracy theorist would jump in here and have something to say about this…..
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 5 years ago
Those beans did not die in vain.
SwimsWithSharks over 5 years ago
“That’s not milk and that’s not a nipple!”
oakie817 over 5 years ago
I was out at sea in Navy night John Belushi died…I turned the milk in the mess hall blue that night
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
I’ve seen blue-green milk. We had to throw it out.
Teto85 Premium Member over 5 years ago
There is greater computing power in your cell phone than there was in the computer they took to the moon.
squiggle9 over 5 years ago
how did they get back then?
bookworm0812 over 5 years ago
Gee, only 500 cocoa beans per pound of chocolate? I thought it would have been a lot more than that.
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 5 years ago
Have those whales been eating onions?