Comments on: When Neil Armstrong emailed Robert Krulwich http://boingboing.net/2012/08/27/when-neil-armstrong-emailed-ro.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 08:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lynn Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/08/27/when-neil-armstrong-emailed-ro.html#comment-1522238 Lynn Jones Fri, 31 Aug 2012 02:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178241#comment-1522238 Robert Krulwich is such an amazing broadcaster! Robert Krulwich is such an amazing broadcaster!

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/08/27/when-neil-armstrong-emailed-ro.html#comment-1519247 Paul Renault Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178241#comment-1519247 If you Google-Earth over to the Moon and hunt around, you can find the Street-level view of the site. If you Google-Earth over to the Moon and hunt around, you can find the Street-level view of the site.

]]> By: royaltrux http://boingboing.net/2012/08/27/when-neil-armstrong-emailed-ro.html#comment-1518981 royaltrux Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178241#comment-1518981 It was the first one, they were cautious. The next team did two EVAs and stayed out longer, walked further etc. For Apollo 11, the goal was to do just what Kennedy promised, get back alive and if they get a few rocks that's great. It was the first one, they were cautious. The next team did two EVAs and stayed out longer, walked further etc. For Apollo 11, the goal was to do just what Kennedy promised, get back alive and if they get a few rocks that’s great.

]]> By: lavardera http://boingboing.net/2012/08/27/when-neil-armstrong-emailed-ro.html#comment-1518974 lavardera Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178241#comment-1518974 Very useful to this post is this graphic analyzing the area covered during the Apollo11 moonwalks compared to the scale of a baseball diamond: http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11_traverse_baseball.jpg Very useful to this post is this graphic analyzing the area covered during the Apollo11 moonwalks compared to the scale of a baseball diamond:

http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11_traverse_baseball.jpg

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