Apollo 11

[olasek]

I urge everyone to go and see the documentary movie "Apollo 11", I watched it yesterday in an IMAX theater, really full of very unique, never before seen shots and sequences. Awesome experience, running time 93 mins.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Just saw it. Outstanding job and tons of not previously publicized footage and audio.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

They never talk about whomever was responsible for the checklist having Buzz turn the tracking radar on, though.

I thought I heard Aldrin in The Shadow of the Moon say that was his doing.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Not in the documentary but I see his death was possibly medical malpractice. His sons sued and got some serious cash.

Yes, possibly malpractice with a bad decision to take him to the catheterization lab rather than the operating room.

I am not sure Neil himself would have approved of the threats to sue and the large settlement due to his fame.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

And much more. I really wanted to buy it all and donate it to a museum that would display everything with a note attached, the kids sold this on eBay.

You never know though. Might have been to fund treatment for an illness or an education — something the original person who served would have been proud to be able to contribute to.