Arvin Ash

The Apollo 11 Disaster no one knows about! Why Moon Landing almost didn't happen (2019x34)

Udgivelsesdato: Jul 12, 2019

Moon Landing that almost never happened. In 1969 Apollo 11 had a disaster no one knows about A thousand years from now, when historians look back on the history of mankind, Neil Armstrong’s name will likely still be remembered. The moon landing is perhaps man’s greatest technological accomplishment ever in the history of human civilization. The 50 year anniversary of this event is in 2019. The odds for success were very low. Even Neil Armstrong only gave it a 50% chance. Computer technology was measured in Kilobytes and megahertz at the time, not terabytes and gigahertz of today – a million times less powerful. The astronauts had to be shielded from deadly cosmic rays. The number of stages involved in rocket launch to earth orbit, to lunar orbit, to descent on the moon, to ascent, to landing back on earth all had to happen with no room for error. Is it any wonder that millions of people believe that we never landed there? Yet, it happened – not just once, but six times over 3 and ½ years between 1969 and 1972. But the very first mission had two life threatening events that could have easily ended in disaster. The incredible moon landing and take-off disasters averted by Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong is shown here. They were in the Eagle lunar module on their final descent. They were falling rapidly towards the surface of the moon at 20 feet per second. But when they looked out the window, they did not recognize anything they saw. They had not seen this terrain in any of their Apollo simulations. A navigational error and faster than anticipated speed caused them to overshoot the planned landing zone by four miles. So now the terrain was not smooth. Instead, there was a huge crater field, and car sized boulders – dangerous areas to land. But they had to land, and land soon, because they were running low on fuel. Armstrong decided to level the craft and cruise horizontally until he could find a smoother surface to land on. If they did not land