Technology news and Jobs 
Science NASA busy with STS-127 and Apollo 11
Science NASA busy with STS-127 and Apollo 11 | NASA busy with STS-127 and Apollo 11 |
|
| by William Atkins | |
| Friday, 17 July 2009 | |
|
Page 2 of 3 And, as I write this article I am listening to the actual audio from the Apollo 11 mission at the NASA website “NASA Apollo 11 Audio in Real Time.” The audio playback the entire conversation from the Apollo 11 mission at the exact time and date it was broadcast in 1969. Featured Whitepaper
5 Best Practices for Smartphone Support
Science DiscussionsAt the same time, I am also watching a video recreation of the Apollo 11 launch at the John F. Kennedy Museum’s website “WeChooseTheMoon.” For more information about this website, please go to the iTWire article “Watch re-creation of Apollo 11 Moon landing.” Currently, the Kennedy Museum website states that I am about 20 minutes before the launch of the Saturn V rocket that will send the Apollo 11 astronauts into space and toward the Moon. In other news, NASA has an interview with Michael Collins, one of the three astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission. The NASA media brief “Statement From Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins,” states, “The following is a series of questions and answers prepared by Michael Collins, command module pilot for Apollo 11.” Within the interview Collins is asked, and responds: “Q. Turning to your flight, what is your strongest memory of Apollo 11? A. Looking back at Earth from a great distance. "I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of 100,000 miles their outlook could be fundamentally changed. That all-important border would be invisible, that noisy argument silenced. The tiny globe would continue to turn, serenely ignoring its subdivisions, presenting a unified façade that would cry out for unified understanding, for homogeneous treatment. The earth must become as it appears: blue and white, not capitalist or Communist; blue and white, not rich or poor; blue and white, not envious or envied." Small, shiny, serene, blue and white, FRAGILE.” Page three concludes with comments from Neil Armstrong. |
| < Next story in category | Previous story in the category > |
|---|
