Talk:Apollo 11

AP11 FINAL APPROACH VIDEO

Hi ! Just want to mentioned about the video taken from the Apollo Lunar Surface Lournal from Eric Jones Editor. The title of the video shown on the page is not The moon landing from Gary Neff, but it`s the AP11 Final Approach which was made by Jonathan and René Cantin also contributors of the Eric Jones Journal.

René Cantin

ps:This is a fantastic reference page beautiffully well done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by René Cantin (talk • contribs) 20:06, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Precise landing location

I'd like to add a couple of sentences regarding the landing location. Prior to commencing the lunar ascent phase, HD Reed (Green Team FIDO) had to determine exactly where Eagle had landed so that he could compute the optimum launch time. He discovered that there were several different potential sites, eg. from the LM computer, the backup guidance system, and ground tracking. Therefore he had to ask Aldrin to do a rendezvous radar check, and by knowing exactly where the CSM was he could pinpoint the correct site. It turned out to be at least 5 miles from any of the alternatives. I only just learned about this event after reading a recent article in Popular Mechanics. Any comments? Logicman1966 (talk) 22:01, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Apollo 11 Landing Film

The comparison of the DAC film with lunar orbiter frame 5076_h3 was created by René and Jonathan Cantin, rather than Gary Neff. Please change the credit to René and Jonathan Cantin/Apollo Lunar Surface Journal

In addition, although NASA hosts the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, the ALSJ is not a NASA creation. Some of the content is NOT in the public domain. Although the raw DAC film is in the public domain, the comparison and annotation are not. Permission will be freely given for use in Wikipedia, provided that proper credit is given.

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Eric Jones ALSJ Editor honais@gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by EMJALSJ (talk • contribs) 00:30, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Eric, can you be more specific? Searching the article for "Neff", "DAC" or "5076" finds nothing. TJRC (talk) 01:02, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

The film clip is the one on the right in the Video Gallery. Clicking on the "More" and "About this file" buttons gets to a page crediting Gary Neff with creation of the file, rather than the Cantins. Gary has done some great work with the landing films, but this particular version isn't his. Thanks for your attention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.233.80.207 (talk) 00:07, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Alleged UFO encounter

Is the alleged Apollo 11 UFO encounter (mentioned at http://ufos.about.com/od/nasaufos/a/apollo11.htm) regarded as fact? If so, shouldn't it be mentioned in this article? -JohnAlbertRigali (talk) 04:40, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Gravity Check = sat

Did the crew of Apollo 11 have weightless training? I know that nowadays there is the Vomit Comet and various simulated weightless environs. I was wondering if Aldrin and Armstrong had undergone something similar (or to 1/10th of Earth's gravity which is the Moon's gravitational pull). 71.234.215.133 (talk) 05:34, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Little West Crater

The crater Armstrong explored was Little West, not east, see here [[1]]. Since this page is locked, would someone please fix. 174.60.75.146 (talk) 17:18, 27 March 2010 (UTC)